[Vision2020] "Murder" rate in Moscow

[J Ford]

Well, or why would they be relevant at all?  Isn't it sad that this many 
deaths have occurred this year?  I mean, we've been in Moscow for over 16 
years and never seen this much violence in any give 5year stretch, much less 
in one six-month period.

This is just not right.

J  :]





>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: <mushroom at moscow.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Murder" rate in Moscow
>Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 13:40:33 -0700
>
>In my opinion the murder rate per 100,000 population is truly irrelevant.
>The murder rate should be analyzed on a per-year basis.  To me that would 
>be
>considerably more significant.
>
>Example:  Suppose John McGillicuddy of Anytown, USA kills himself and his
>spouse.  Now say that, prior to these murders, Anytown's population was
>100,000 of which four were members of the McGillicuddy family.  Now 
>suddenly
>the murder rate of Anytown, USA is two per 100,000, yet the murder rate of
>the McGillicuddy family (extrapolated out) is 50,000 per 100,000 (or 50%).
>The question then becomes: Just how long (duration in time) are these
>statistics valid? One week?  One month?  A thousand years?
>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
>students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of Don Coombs
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 1:23 PM
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Murder" rate in Moscow
>
>According to a headline in this morning's Daily News,
>the "rash of violent crimes have taken toll on Moscow,
>Latah County." The story says "Despite concerns, Latah
>County's murder rate isn't high when comparing it to
>similarly-sized counties."
>
>And: "With seven murders and 35,600 people in Latah
>County, the murder rate is .019 murder per 100,000
>people this year.... In the United States, the overall
>murder rate was 5.6 per 100,000 in 2006."
>
>People at the newspaper apparently had no problem with
>a murder rate of .019 per 100,000. Actually, if you
>accept that there have been seven murders, the rate is
>easily calculated to be about 19 per 100,000.
>
>Also: Some of the homicides were murders, but with
>living suspects the term would be best saved for
>application after they are found guilty of that
>specific crime.
>
>Don Coombs
>
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