底特律取代聖路易斯 成美國最危險城市

Detroit is declared as the most dangerous US city

In another blow to the Motor City'starnished image, Detroit of Michigan pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.

The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike Friday, issuing a statement attacking it as "an irresponsible misuse" of crime data.

The 14th annual "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America" was published by CQ Press, a unit of Congressional Quarterly Inc. It is based on the FBI's Sept. 24 crime statistics report.

The report looked at 378 cities with at least 75,000 people based on per-capita rates for homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and auto theft. Each crime category was considered separately and weighted based on its seriousness, CQ Press said.

Last year's crime leader, St. Louis, fell to No. 2. Another Michigan city, Flint, ranked third, followed by Oakland Calif.; Camden, N.J.; Birmingham, Ala.; North Charleston, S.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Richmond, Calif.; and Cleveland.

The study ranked Mission Viejo, Calif., as the safest U.S. city, followed by Clarkstown, N.Y.; Brick Township, N.J.; Amherst, N.Y.; and Sugar Land, Texas.

The study assigns a crime score to each city, with zero representing the national average. Detroit got a score of 407, while St. Louis followed at 406. The score for Mission Viejo, in affluent Orange County, was minus 82.

據上週日公佈的一項最新分析結果顯示，美國“汽車城”底特律再次“蒙羞”，這個密歇根州的城市取代聖路易斯，成爲美國最危險的城市。這是美國某私人調查機構對聯邦調查局公佈的年度犯罪數據進行分析後得出的結果。

分析結果還沒公佈就遭到了猛烈抨擊。上週五，美國犯罪學學會先發制人，發表聲明譴責這是對犯罪數據“不負責任的濫用”。

第十四次“美國大城市犯罪概況：城市犯罪年度排行榜”由國會季刊公司的分屬機構CQ Press發表，該排行主要根據美國聯邦調查局9月24日公佈的犯罪數據報告編撰而成。

CQ Press發表的分析報告主要考察了人口超過7.5萬人的378個城市的犯罪情況，其主要依據包括謀殺、強姦、搶劫、嚴重襲擊、盜竊及汽車盜竊的犯罪率。據CQ Press介紹，每類犯罪都被單獨考慮，並根據其嚴重程度進行評估。

去年犯罪率最高的聖路易斯市今年“跌至”第二；密歇根州的另一個城市弗林特名列第三，其次是加利福尼亞州的奧克蘭、新澤西州的卡姆登、阿拉巴馬州的伯明翰、南卡羅萊納州的北查爾斯頓、田納西州的孟菲斯、加利福尼亞州的里士滿，以及克利夫蘭。

根據分析結果，加利福尼亞州的米慎維埃爲美國最安全的城市，其次是紐約州的克拉克斯頓、新澤西州的布里克、紐約州的阿姆赫斯特以及得克薩斯州的“糖城”。

研究人員給出每個城市的犯罪情況打分，“0”代表全國平均水平。底特律的“犯罪得分”爲407分，聖路易斯爲406分；“桔子郡”的米慎維埃爲負82分。