Letter: A Rise in Violent Crime

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"414 Homicides a Record Low for New York" (front page, Dec. 29) may leave readers with the impression that the New York Police Department is responsible for a decline in violent crime. In fact, violent crime is up in the city. Other than murder, which is down, felonious assault, robbery and rape all show increases.

Felonious assault, which includes attempted homicides, is up nearly 4 percent. If attempted murder is up, even though actual homicide is down, this suggests that it is not the Police Department that is responsible for the homicide decline but more likely improvements in emergency medicine.

Even if we accept the Police Department's statistics, its own numbers tell a different story to the trained eye.

JOHN A. ETERNO
ELI B. SILVERMAN
Rockville Centre, N.Y., Jan. 2, 2013

Mr. Eterno is a professor in the department of criminal justice at Molloy College, and Mr. Silverman is professor emeritus at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. They are co-authors of "The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation."

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