Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.

失业可能是犯罪率攀升的潜在原因。

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The reason for South Africa’s high crime rate is a topic of anguished debate.

是什么导致南非犯罪率居高不下，这一问题引发了激烈的辩论。

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States like Nevada, which suffered the biggest drops in per-person income, the rate of property crime has also come down most.

在人均收入下降最多的内华达州，财产犯罪率的下降也是最多的。

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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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The City of Angels is home to the fourth highest crime rate of the 50 cities measured with more than 20, 000 violent crimes committed in 2011 according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report and an unemployment rate of 10.3%, nearly three points higher than the national average.

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From the mid-1930s to the early 1960s, despite stockmarket crashes, wars and recessions, the rate of serious crime in the United States barely changed from year to year.

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The President asked the Vice President to lead this effort in part because he wrote and passed the 1994 Crime Bill that helped law enforcement bring down the rate of violent crime in America.

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