Nation's Crime Rate Falling
17 October 2000 - 8:00am
"Nation's serious-crime rate fell to its lowestlevel in nearly 30 years in 1999.
"Police and criminologists attribute the continuing drop - crime rates have fallen eight straight years - to a combination of tougher prison sentences, a booming economy, community policingand a population that is getting older."
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 16, 2000
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