Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 A new study from Yale University wanted to take arelational look at the crime rate in Chicago. In other words, instead ofusing a pure statistical and geographical approach, they investigatedthe relationship between various murder victims, and they found thatthere was a massive spike in the murder rate among those who associatedwith other victims. This pretty much reinforced what we already knew —that murders in Chicago are mainly gang related, and that the bestadvice to staying alive is avoiding stupid people doing stupid things(like drug dealing). But it’s nice to see a study backing up that commonsense conclusion.From the article in US News: Andrew Papachristos, an associateprofessor of sociology at Yale, analyzed police and gun homicide recordsfrom 2006 to 2011 for people living in a high-crime neighborhood inChicago. He found that 41 percent of all gun homicides occurred within anetwork of less than 4 percent of the neighborhood’s population, andthat the closer one is connected to a homicide victim, the greater thatperson’s chances were for becoming a victim. Each social tie removedfrom a homicide victim decreased a person’s odds of becoming a victim by57 percent. So, in other words, you can reduce your riskof being murdered by over 50% simply by avoiding the murdering crowd.Or I suppose you could move out of Chicago, which would help too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Wonder how much government money went into a study that tells them what we could have told them for free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Oh...more breaking news from Yale:Water is wet. Burning coals are hot.Ice is cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Oh...more breaking news from Yale: Water is wet. Burning coals are hot. Ice is cold. Ah yes, but the ice is melting. Making the water wet. Because it is too hot. Global Warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 A long time friend at the office got a call one day. I could tell it was a bad news call. We talked about it. Or rather, l listened. He was born in the "projects" part of St Louis in the sixties. He had 6 buddies, most of them cousins that hung out together. He's family moved out when he was about 12. The bad news was that the last of his buddies had been murdered in St Louis. He listed each and cause of death and all were directly attributed to drugs. Some were overdose, some were deals gone bad and some were killed in robberies by drug addicts needing money for drugs. None lived past 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye Doug Dalton SASS#65449L Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Oh...more breaking news from Yale: Water is wet. Burning coals are hot. Ice is cold. And don't forget, the sky is blue, and old Satan Claus is still out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Was even true for the 7 victims ot the St Valentine's Day Massacre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamon Chute Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Oh...more breaking news from Yale: Water is wet. Burning coals are hot. Ice is cold. You forgot the study that said.... Wind, blows. EC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Birds of a feather flock together, and apparently die young together too. Who'd 've thunk it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Matt McCord, SASS #24683 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Makes you wonder how long it will be bfore that Yale professor is branded a racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 It's been my experience that the vast majority of murder victims are long over due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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