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What is the definition of "big city"? What cities is Chicago being compared to in crime rates?-- Parkwells ( talk) 18:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
The sidebar and the main text (which is redundant) differ as to the number of homicides in 2006. Also, the sidebar text claims a source from 2005, which can't be accurate given the more recent numbers. Finally, reference [3] in the main text table is a broken link and doesn't match up with the third item in the References. Bhudson ( talk) 22:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
198 homicides per 2,000,000 citizens is far less than 876 homicides for 3x2,000,000 citizens. London would have to be nearly 4 1/2 times larger just for the homicide rates to be the same. ( MinusRusty ( talk) 21:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC))
I heard on a news show afew months ago that over 100,000 people living in Chicago have something bad againts their name e.g Arrest, Convictions, Resigned sex offenders, Rehabs. If someone would like to find proof for this sistick would be good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SoloWing3844 ( talk • contribs) 09:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
We have a nice consistent source up until 2011. Why did we quote redeye for 2012? I kinda think we should remove it or replace using the same crime metrics. Who knows what standards redeye used, so it doesn't really work for comparison. Jasonnewyork ( talk) 20:23, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
I notice it states that the violent crime rate rose mid-2010 and mentions the new Mayor, with a link to a story citing budget cuts as the reason, but no mention is made of the handgun ban being stuck down in June of 2010. Seems like that would be pertinent to the situation too. — Preceding
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The Tribune gives 2 more murders for 1986. For 2021, it gives 797, but says the real number is higher (over 1K) because Interstate shootings are excluded.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-2021-homicides-final-20220103-lrpzuh5nsjhspmos3edrzxu2ei-story.html The mid-year population of the city was estimated by the census bureau to have been 2,696,555.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chicagocityillinois,US/PST045221 . That gives a rate of ~29.556 .
References of shootings. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Another point/topic that could be discussed is references to and occurrences of this Chicago violence in rap. [5] [6] "314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago" - Kanye West [7]
Also, take a look at a Google News search of the word "Chiraq". Got references from Huff Post & Chicago Sun-Times. [8] Chiraq itself has become a controversial word that should be incorporated into this article, or maybe its own article ( Chiraq is currently a redirect, but all these references could be used to develop an article on the culture and society of Chicago's shootings) [9] [10] Google Trends on the search term "Chiraq" from October 2012 to October 2014. [11]
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"However, recent Chicago homicide rates are nowhere near those seen in the '70s, '80s and '90s. In fact, the past decade has logged some of the lowest annual rates since 1965. Gun violence is the leading factor of Chicago deaths, and the media portrays Chicago as one of the most, if not the most dangerous city in the United States of America, regardless of that information's accuracy"
The recent deletion of this section removed several recent sources generally considered reliable, including the New York Times and the Pew Research Center and others. The characterization of these sources above as qualitative, biased, or editorial is unfounded. May I respectfully recommend caution and deliberation in removing relevant reliable sources brought to an article by a colleague. Please consider alternative summarizations of the sources, edit for tone, try to mine the sources for content that improves the article, try to correct before deleting reliable sources. Thank you. Hugh ( talk) 17:19, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
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I was considering adding a section to the article on this highly controversial CPD tactic which garnered a great deal of press in the early part of 2015 and drew plenty of attention from the ACLU and others. Though perhaps it might be more appropriate on the CPD article? Anyone have thoughts? Supaflyrobby ( talk) 04:14, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
The homicide chart represents a lot of work, thanks to all for the formidable elbow grease. It is based mostly on annual police reports, which on Wikipedia are considered primary sources. Homicides in Chicago have been the subject of vast secondary sources, doesn't one have a decent time series chart? The few sentences of discussion of differentials in health care as important in interpreting shootings and homicide stats, and the few sentences bringing in the point of view of those who question police stats, is an excellent start toward balance, but the homicide chart, alone in its own subsection, seems to have no immediately applicable discussion or interpretation in the article text. Given the well-known controversies in reliable sources on the categorizations in the stats, does devoting this space to a homicide plot based on CPD reports sort of demand the balance of a shootings plot, or a violent crime plot? CPD talks about the homicide rate, shootings not so much. I think we can plot data from multiple sources on the same graph, but might we be more explicit, for example different colors? What do you think? Thanks again. Hugh ( talk) 20:43, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
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http://pols.uic.edu/political-science/chicago-politics
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There are more than two dozen. I found the new locations here for the pre-1991 data and here for '91-2011 data. Apart from doing so manually one by one, I'm unsure how to replace links en masse, so I wanted to see if a ref expert could do it quicker. Fdssdf ( talk) 18:33, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
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60 Shot on 4th of July; vandalized to 876
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Part of the reason why good figures and information are hard to maintain in these types of articles is due to extraneous information. I don't think there is any need to keep a month by month tally of how many people were killed and shot each weekend. Certainly it doesn't need to be done in paragraph form (tables are better).
I would like to dramatically reduce the amount of information on this page as much of it is poorly sourced and frequently vandalized. Let's keep the page succinct but accurate.
Thoughts?
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the Y axis on the graph doesn't make any sense and doesn't seems to match the numbers, 132.76.61.52 ( talk) 10:18, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
The new graph and information for homicides by year is completely wrong. It shows recent years, such as 2012 and 2013 as having well over 600 homicides, when those years saw more like 400-450. Not to mention that the graph is completely just--wrong. I don't even need to describe it, just look at it. I'd fix it, but unfortunately I don't really know how, and I don't want to bother trying to figure it out. But someone definitely needs to fix something that should honestly have already been fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.222.60.203 ( talk) 03:56, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
I think I fixed it, at least I made it match the values in the table underneath (using highest value when there were more than one). There were many erroneous values as well as a typo which apparently flipped the axis. W Scott Lincoln 16:34, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I tried a few times but could never figure it out. It looks much better now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.222.60.203 ( talk) 00:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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This article only provides an overview to modern crime in Chicago. It, therefore, lacks a great amount of info that an article titled "crime in Chicago" should need to cover. For instance, prohibition era gang activity (such as that by Al Capone and his contemporaries), 19th century crime (such as the enterprises operated by Michael Cassius McDonald) among other things. SecretName101 ( talk) 09:14, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
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someone fool with this the article. please rvert. no vdlajism. Boromir's Regret 21:51, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
What is the definition of "big city"? What cities is Chicago being compared to in crime rates?-- Parkwells ( talk) 18:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
The sidebar and the main text (which is redundant) differ as to the number of homicides in 2006. Also, the sidebar text claims a source from 2005, which can't be accurate given the more recent numbers. Finally, reference [3] in the main text table is a broken link and doesn't match up with the third item in the References. Bhudson ( talk) 22:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
198 homicides per 2,000,000 citizens is far less than 876 homicides for 3x2,000,000 citizens. London would have to be nearly 4 1/2 times larger just for the homicide rates to be the same. ( MinusRusty ( talk) 21:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC))
I heard on a news show afew months ago that over 100,000 people living in Chicago have something bad againts their name e.g Arrest, Convictions, Resigned sex offenders, Rehabs. If someone would like to find proof for this sistick would be good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SoloWing3844 ( talk • contribs) 09:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
We have a nice consistent source up until 2011. Why did we quote redeye for 2012? I kinda think we should remove it or replace using the same crime metrics. Who knows what standards redeye used, so it doesn't really work for comparison. Jasonnewyork ( talk) 20:23, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
I notice it states that the violent crime rate rose mid-2010 and mentions the new Mayor, with a link to a story citing budget cuts as the reason, but no mention is made of the handgun ban being stuck down in June of 2010. Seems like that would be pertinent to the situation too. — Preceding
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The Tribune gives 2 more murders for 1986. For 2021, it gives 797, but says the real number is higher (over 1K) because Interstate shootings are excluded.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-2021-homicides-final-20220103-lrpzuh5nsjhspmos3edrzxu2ei-story.html The mid-year population of the city was estimated by the census bureau to have been 2,696,555.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chicagocityillinois,US/PST045221 . That gives a rate of ~29.556 .
References of shootings. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Another point/topic that could be discussed is references to and occurrences of this Chicago violence in rap. [5] [6] "314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago" - Kanye West [7]
Also, take a look at a Google News search of the word "Chiraq". Got references from Huff Post & Chicago Sun-Times. [8] Chiraq itself has become a controversial word that should be incorporated into this article, or maybe its own article ( Chiraq is currently a redirect, but all these references could be used to develop an article on the culture and society of Chicago's shootings) [9] [10] Google Trends on the search term "Chiraq" from October 2012 to October 2014. [11]
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Blatant political and opinionated over tones in this section, No facts to support qualitative claims. Entire section requested for deletion due to none fact based hyperbole and poor section structure. No unbiased citations, editorials only.
"However, recent Chicago homicide rates are nowhere near those seen in the '70s, '80s and '90s. In fact, the past decade has logged some of the lowest annual rates since 1965. Gun violence is the leading factor of Chicago deaths, and the media portrays Chicago as one of the most, if not the most dangerous city in the United States of America, regardless of that information's accuracy"
The recent deletion of this section removed several recent sources generally considered reliable, including the New York Times and the Pew Research Center and others. The characterization of these sources above as qualitative, biased, or editorial is unfounded. May I respectfully recommend caution and deliberation in removing relevant reliable sources brought to an article by a colleague. Please consider alternative summarizations of the sources, edit for tone, try to mine the sources for content that improves the article, try to correct before deleting reliable sources. Thank you. Hugh ( talk) 17:19, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Hugh ( talk) 18:11, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
I was considering adding a section to the article on this highly controversial CPD tactic which garnered a great deal of press in the early part of 2015 and drew plenty of attention from the ACLU and others. Though perhaps it might be more appropriate on the CPD article? Anyone have thoughts? Supaflyrobby ( talk) 04:14, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
The homicide chart represents a lot of work, thanks to all for the formidable elbow grease. It is based mostly on annual police reports, which on Wikipedia are considered primary sources. Homicides in Chicago have been the subject of vast secondary sources, doesn't one have a decent time series chart? The few sentences of discussion of differentials in health care as important in interpreting shootings and homicide stats, and the few sentences bringing in the point of view of those who question police stats, is an excellent start toward balance, but the homicide chart, alone in its own subsection, seems to have no immediately applicable discussion or interpretation in the article text. Given the well-known controversies in reliable sources on the categorizations in the stats, does devoting this space to a homicide plot based on CPD reports sort of demand the balance of a shootings plot, or a violent crime plot? CPD talks about the homicide rate, shootings not so much. I think we can plot data from multiple sources on the same graph, but might we be more explicit, for example different colors? What do you think? Thanks again. Hugh ( talk) 20:43, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
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2015: A Banner Year in Illinois Corruption, Anti-Corruption Report #9
Release Date: March 9, 2016
http://pols.uic.edu/political-science/chicago-politics
-- Supaflyrobby ( talk) 14:53, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
There are more than two dozen. I found the new locations here for the pre-1991 data and here for '91-2011 data. Apart from doing so manually one by one, I'm unsure how to replace links en masse, so I wanted to see if a ref expert could do it quicker. Fdssdf ( talk) 18:33, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
-- Supaflyrobby ( talk) 18:45, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Vandalism by "Raven50034" ruined a whole bunch of the numbers in the overview: see the diffs on October 22nd 2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Crime_in_Chicago&diff=prev&oldid=745704201
examples:
60 Shot on 4th of July; vandalized to 876
500 murders -> 878 murders
I did not see any statistics in the given sources to back up these ridiculous numbers.
I'm going to start undoing these changes (they have to be done manually at this point). Please keep your eyes out for vandalism before you make an edit to the page.
DrNoBrain ( talk) 04:30, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
-- Supaflyrobby ( talk) 13:29, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
Part of the reason why good figures and information are hard to maintain in these types of articles is due to extraneous information. I don't think there is any need to keep a month by month tally of how many people were killed and shot each weekend. Certainly it doesn't need to be done in paragraph form (tables are better).
I would like to dramatically reduce the amount of information on this page as much of it is poorly sourced and frequently vandalized. Let's keep the page succinct but accurate.
Thoughts?
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the Y axis on the graph doesn't make any sense and doesn't seems to match the numbers, 132.76.61.52 ( talk) 10:18, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
The new graph and information for homicides by year is completely wrong. It shows recent years, such as 2012 and 2013 as having well over 600 homicides, when those years saw more like 400-450. Not to mention that the graph is completely just--wrong. I don't even need to describe it, just look at it. I'd fix it, but unfortunately I don't really know how, and I don't want to bother trying to figure it out. But someone definitely needs to fix something that should honestly have already been fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.222.60.203 ( talk) 03:56, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
I think I fixed it, at least I made it match the values in the table underneath (using highest value when there were more than one). There were many erroneous values as well as a typo which apparently flipped the axis. W Scott Lincoln 16:34, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I tried a few times but could never figure it out. It looks much better now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.222.60.203 ( talk) 00:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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I'd like to propose that the following reliably sourced information be added to the article.
However, in other articles, editors have said that even though my sources are reliable, the text that I wrote was biased.
I acknowledge that I could use some help in that area.
So I was wondering if anyone had some ideas about how I could write these things in a more objective way. The sources are reliable. And I do think the article should include this kind of information. But I am asking for help to word it in a more objective way.
SquirrelHill1971 ( talk) 05:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
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