Once again, gunfire disrupts a Rochester neighborhood. This time, three young men are dead. More outrage, more vigils, more calls to “do something.” Will we finally follow through?
Rochester murder rate
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Reader feedback – 12-27-06
The mail THE NEXT STEP Approximately three weeks ago, my wife was a victim of a stray bullet as she was leaving a church service. The bullet struck her. However, even though she was hit, she expressed concern for everyone outside the church, urging them to go inside. She did everything within her power to […]
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This city, this summer
The shootings — day after miserable day, sometimes several times a day — take place so often, with such regularity, that they begin to lose their shock effect. In other neighborhoods, the summer festivals go on, and tens of thousands of us turn out. The pools and beaches open, the East End rocks, the parks […]
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A curfew? What kind?
Could a curfew reduce Rochester’s homicide rate, especially among youth? It depends on how it’s implemented, says Rochester Institute of Technology criminal justice professor John Klofas. It probably won’t work, he says, if violators are cuffed and jailed. But, he says, if the city can create a comprehensive social-service-oriented program, a curfew can become a […]
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What options for a city ‘made for murder’?
Second of an occasional series. Rochester has the highest murder rate in New YorkState — and, for a city its size, one of the highest in the country. Overwhelmingly, the crimes are committed by young, black males. Overwhelmingly, the victims are young black males. How, in a city once known for its strong industries, good […]
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Rochester: made for murder?
First of an occasional series. Last week, a grand jury indicted three Rochester men in connection with the March 9 murder of Herschel Scriven, a young minister and church organist, in southwest Rochester. The night before the Scriven indictments, two men were shot in northeast Rochester. On Sunday morning, two others were shot in the […]
