Some believe there is a link between this and a recent rise in violent crime that saw the murder rate nearly double between 2004 and 2008.

有人认为近来谋杀率上升为2004年至2008年的两倍，两极分化与最近的暴力犯罪有关系。

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Wisconsin's prison population grew by 14% between 2000 and 2007 but, in the same period, the rate of violent crime rose by 23%.

威斯康辛州的囚犯人数在2000年至2007年间增加了14%，与此同时，暴力犯罪现象却上升了23%。

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New York cut its incarceration rate by 15% between 1997 and 2007, while reducing violent crime by 40%.

1997至2007年间纽约的监禁率降低了15%，而暴力犯罪下降了40%。

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They persist because of the country's high rate of violent crime, as expressed by this Johannesburg resident who did not want to be identified.

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By 1993, the violent crime rate was more than four and a half times the level of 1960.

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Anchorage suffers the highest violent crime rate in the state, (812 reported for every 100, 000 residents) in addition to a staggeringly high incidence of rape.

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Miami still has a staggeringly high violent crime rate (seventh worst in the U.S.), but it also benefitted from a recovering housing market with home prices up 11% in 2012.

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