The bright lads at Casino Filled Columbus have taken science a step further. Statistics show that when a military base comes to town, it brings an increase in crime.
Inference for public policy in Columbus: Say hello to National Penn. Say goodbye to DCSC.
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The boys at "Casino Filled Columbus" are the same people who gave us the bumper sticker "I Support the Drones."
HERE AT CASINO FILLED COLUMBUS WE SURE ARE THANKFUL THAT ITS NOT A MILITARY BASE THAT
PENN NATIONAL WANTS TO OPEN! THE BLIGHT THAT OUR G.I.’S WOULD BRING TO THIS FAIR CITY WOULD BE JUST UN-IMAGINABLE!!!
Casinos reduce crime:
A Wichita Eagle series (published July 15-19, 2007) on gaming found that, “Despite all the talk of increased crime and social costs, most of the communities [studied for the articles] reported no rise in murders, rape, and other major crimes.”
The communities studied by the Wichita Eagle included: St. Louis, St. Charles and East St. Louis, Mo.; Alton, Ill.; Altoona, Iowa; the Quad Cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Moline and Rock Island in Ill.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program statistics also show that since casino gaming was introduced in Baton Rouge, La. at the end of 1994, crime rates there have decreased every year except one. In fact, from 1995 to 2007,the crime rate in Baton Rouge fell by 47 percent.
Based on a detailed analysis of Detroit crime statistics by Metzger and Booza the crime rate in downtown Detroit is significantly lower than the average crime rate for the U.S., State of Michigan and Michigan metropolitan areas.
Further, compared to similar downtown areas, Detroit ranked at or below the mid-point in five out of seven serious crime categories and did not lead any of the categories.
If major event visitors are included in its daily population, downtown Detroit’s crime rate drops to a miniscule 12 crimes per 100,000 in population.” (Metzger, Kurt and Booza, Jason. Reality vs. Perceptions: An Analysis of Crime and Safety in Downtown Detroit. The Michigan Metropolitan Information Center, Wayne State University, for the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. p. 1. June 2005.)
An Associated Press article on gaming and crime in the Midwest reports that ““law enforcement officials” in Indiana and Illinois said casinos had not triggered violent crime as gamblers flock to slots and gaming tables.” (“Police in casino towns see few problems from gambling facilities,” by Bruce Schreiner, July 13, 2007)
Military bases increase crime:
One statistical study concerns itself with how crime clusters in military communities. Military bases contribute a special population to communities. These populations are typically younger, of lower socioeconomic status, and of higher population mobility than other non-military base communities.
It has been found that crime didn’t budge when a US military base moved to town -- at least at first! Crime began to rise after the first year, slowly at first and then more quickly, until it had far surpassed what it would have been if the base had never opened.
By the fifth year of a military base operation, robberies were up 136 percent; aggravated assaults, 91 percent; auto theft, 78 percent; burglary, 50 percent; larceny, 38 percent; and rape, 21 percent. Controlling for other factors, 8.6 percent of property crimes and 12.6 percent of violent crimes were attributed to military bases. (excerpt from an American Society of Criminology article)
Except for criminals, everybody wins in a casino-filled-columbus.
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