There was no significant change in the ethnic makeup or the average wealth or educational levels of New Yorkers as violent crime more or less vanished.

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The South Wales Police force has seen the sharpest fall in recorded crimes in the UK - but new figures show a sharp rise in violent crime throughout England and Wales.

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In the last few years as deputy commissioner in London, Sir Paul has been at the heart of policing the capital and his understanding of what's needed to combat terrorism and serious and violent crime will be invaluable in his new role.

BBC: Reaction to Met chief appointment

Yet if, in 1980, someone had predicted that by 2012 New York City would have a crime rate so low that violent crime would have largely disappeared as a subject of conversation, he would have seemed not so much hopeful as crazy.

NEWYORKER: The Caging of America

For example, when Giuliani became New York City's mayor in 1994, he wanted to reduce violent crime.

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South Africa's parliament has approved a controversial new gun law which places stricter controls on legal firearm owners in a bid to curb violent crime.

BBC: SA targets guns

Democrats advanced a substitute bill that would have attempted to alter the language of Graham's base legislation by creating a new legal status for harm against a pregnant woman, rather than applying two standards to one violent crime.

CNN: House passes bill criminalizing harm to fetus

Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu and New Orleanians still have remarkable challenges to tackle and tough decisions to make -- including reducing violent crime, eliminating blighted housing, continuing to rebuild communities and business, and restoring wetlands that provide much needed storm protection.

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With law enforcement focused on stopping violent crime rather than arresting marijuana users, police and other public servants will see a host of new opportunities opened up to them according to Franklin, including better community relations.

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