2022.04.13 纽约正经历着暴力事件的严峻增长

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New York is experiencing a grim increase in violence
Still, it remains one of America’s safest big cities
Apr 13th 2022
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Eric adams was elected mayor of New York City last year with a pledge to crack down on crime. But despite some new initiatives, violence continues to climb. On April 12th Mr Adams’s own security detail was beefed up after a gunman shot ten people on a subway in Brooklyn, the city’s most populous borough. (The suspect, who was on the run, was apprehended the next day in Manhattan and charged with committing a terrorist act.) The shooting struck fear into New Yorkers already rattled by other violent deaths, including those of a woman in January who was pushed onto the tracks at the well-policed Times Square subway station, and a 16-year-old killed by stray bullets as she walked home from school in early April.

Data from the New York Police Department (NYPD) confirm a grim rise in violence. Shootings were up by 16% in March compared with the same month last year. Robberies, burglaries and car thefts have all increased (the latter are up by nearly 60%). Reported assaults have increased by nearly 18%. Murders, however, are on the wane, which police say is because of a surge in arrests for other serious offences, thereby thwarting would-be murderers.

But despite the gruesome headlines, New York is still one of America’s safest big cities. Crime is much lower than it was at its peak in 1990, when more than 2,000 people were murdered in a single year. Violence began to fall over the following three decades, thanks in part to new policing techniques. By 2019 murders had dropped by 85% to 319, far lower per capita than in cities such as Chicago and Detroit, which have much smaller populations than New York.

The recent spike in violence, which began during the pandemic, is shaking public confidence. Mr Adams, a former police captain, is under pressure to reverse that trend. But the perception that crime is rampant in New York City is more fear than reality. ■




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纽约正经历着暴力事件的严峻增长
然而，它仍然是美国最安全的大城市之一
2022年4月13日


埃里克-亚当斯去年当选为纽约市市长，承诺要打击犯罪。但尽管有一些新的举措，暴力事件仍在继续攀升。4月12日，在该市人口最多的布鲁克林区，一名枪手在地铁上向10人开枪后，亚当斯先生自己的安保人员被加强了力度。(嫌犯在逃，第二天在曼哈顿被捕，并被指控犯有恐怖行为）。这次枪击事件使已经被其他暴力死亡事件吓坏了的纽约人感到恐惧，包括1月份一名妇女在治安良好的时代广场地铁站被推到铁轨上，以及4月初一名16岁的孩子在放学回家的路上被流弹打死。

纽约警察局（NYPD）的数据证实了暴力事件的严峻增长。与去年同月相比，3月份的枪击案增加了16%。抢劫、入室盗窃和汽车盗窃都有增加（后者增加了近60%）。报告的攻击行为增加了近18%。然而，谋杀案却在减少，警方说这是因为因其他严重罪行而被捕的人数激增，从而挫败了可能的谋杀者。

但是，尽管有可怕的头条新闻，纽约仍然是美国最安全的大城市之一。犯罪率比1990年的高峰期低得多，当时一年有2000多人被谋杀。在随后的三十年里，暴力事件开始下降，部分归功于新的警务技术。到2019年，谋杀案下降了85%，降至319起，远远低于芝加哥和底特律等城市的人均水平，这些城市的人口比纽约少得多。

最近在大流行期间开始的暴力事件激增，正在动摇公众的信心。亚当斯先生曾是一名警察队长，他正面临着扭转这一趋势的压力。但是，人们对纽约市犯罪猖獗的看法是恐惧多于现实。■