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• Source: Dallas Morning News
• Date: October 01, 2007
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• Bylines: Tanya Eiserer , Jennifer LaFleur
• Topics: Crime , Demographics
• Data Types: Local Data , Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: Recent FBI crime figures once again put Dallas among the worst large cities for violent crime. But that doesn't tell the whole story. An analysis by The Dallas Morning News of crime last year in U.S. cities with at least 65,000 people found that Dallas has only slightly more violent crime than cities measured in the same way. Dallas ranks 58th among 436 cities analyzed. The News used statistical tools that correct for the effect of factors such as poverty, unemployment, low homeownership, family structure and racial composition. While those factors don't change the amount of crime in Dallas, they do put it in perspective.