Talk:Crime and social issues of St. Louis, Missouri

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there is no difference between the content of this article and that of the section in the main St. Louis, Missouri article. what does this exist? --Not a dog 13:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] not skewed

Crime data is not skewed. For example New York City data only includes crime committed in New York City, not New Jersey or Long Island. L.A. data includes crime committed in the city of L.A., not in L.A. County. Crime data for Gary, Indiana includes crime committed in Gary, Indiana, not crimes committed in Chicago.

St. Louis crime data includes crime committed in the City of St. Louis, not in St. Louis county or East St. Louis, Illinois. Please explain why you think the data is skewed, because the reason given in the article is NOT valid.

J. Crocker 23:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Agree with J. Crocker, there should not be a disclaimer after the Morgan Quitno stating that they are some how invalid, perhaps the article can mention the controversy surrounding the rankings however the reason given in the article is not sufficient and should be removed. Astuishin 00:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References and citations

This article as well as the main st. louis page has some pretty gaping citations problems. For instances in the second paragraph it says: Historically, St. Louis has been a de-facto segregated city.

As an outsider, I have know way of verifying this statement; simply from the my general knowledge of major American cities this is probably a legitimate statement however it provides no facts or citations to support it and therefore is unverifiable, perhaps the person who wrote this can cite a source for its information. Astuishin 21:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)