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 misuse1 of crime data.
The 14th annual City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan2 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, rape3, robbery, aggravated4 assault, burglary and auto5 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 affluent6 Orange County, was minus 82.
据上周日公布的一项最新剖析结果显示，美国汽车城底特律第三蒙羞，这个密歇根州的城市取代圣路易斯，成为美国最危险的城市。这是美国某私人调查机构对联邦调查局公布的年度犯罪数据进行剖析后得出的结果。
剖析结果还没有公布就遭到了猛烈抨击。上周五，美国犯罪学掌握先发制人，发表声明谴责这是对犯罪数据不负责任的滥用。
第十四次美国大城市犯罪概况：城市犯罪年度排名推荐由国会季刊企业的分属机构CQ Press发表，该排名主要依据美国联邦调查局9月24日公布的犯罪数据报告编撰而成。
CQ Press发表的剖析报告主要考察了人口超越7.5万人的378个城市的犯罪状况，其主要依据包含谋杀、强奸、打劫、紧急袭击、偷窃及汽车偷窃的犯罪率。据CQ Press介绍，每类犯罪都被单独考虑，并依据其紧急程度进行评估。
去年犯罪率最高的圣路易斯市今年跌至第二；密歇根州的另一个城市弗林特名列第三，第二是加利福尼亚州的奥克兰、新泽西州的卡姆登、阿拉巴马州的伯明翰、南卡罗莱纳州的北查尔斯顿、田纳西州的孟菲斯、加利福尼亚州的里士满，与克利夫兰。
依据剖析结果，加利福尼亚州的米慎维埃为美国最安全的城市，第二是纽约州的克拉克斯顿、新泽西州的布里克、纽约州的阿姆赫斯特与得克萨斯州的糖城。
研究职员给出每一个城市的犯罪状况打分，0代表全国平均水平。底特律的犯罪得分为407分，圣路易斯为406分：桔子郡的米慎维埃为负82分。
