After studying the statistics for Robbery & Attempted as well as for Aggravated Assaults in Boston from January 1 to July 1 in both 2006 and 2007, it seems that these serious crimes are going down. Robberies and Attempted citywide went down from 1,297 to 1,141, a decrease of 12%. This decrease was also experienced in areas B-2, B-3, and C-11. For Aggrivated Assault, the amount citywide decreased from 2,248 to 2,041, a 10% drop. This was also seen by the neighborhoods that we studied. However, these neighborhoods are the top three areas for aggravated assaults in the city. B-2 and C-11 are the first and second respectively for the city of Boston in these crimes.
One of the Youth Force members was grazed by a bullet in an attempted robbery. He doesn't think that the robberies are going down. When we talked about it, one of the issues that leads to robberies is poverty. The issue of jealousy also came up. Edouine said that many people are just haters, jealous of what you have. Gio pointed out people may just be mad and take it out on the first person that they see with jewelry. Leah pointed out that she used to see people get robbed three times a day, but now she hears more about people getting shot and killed.
We think that there should be less of these crimes. Youth Force members came up with an idea to try and stop Attempted Robbery and Aggervated Assaults. The idea was to have more police patrolling at night because during the day there are a lot of officers driving around and riding bikes But when night time falls, you barely see any cops, and thats when the most crime happens.
Dominique, Edouine, & Franklin
