What an amazing job by the Chicago Police Department not a single rape in their town in 2011! Wow I bet every woman in city can breathe a sigh of relief, wait what you mean I'm wrong? Oh according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report "3 The data collection methodology for the offense of forcible rape does not comply with national Uniform Crime Reporting Program guidelines. Consequently, their figures for forcible rape and violent crime (of which forcible rape is a part) are not published in this Report."
The Chicago Police Department reports rape as criminal sexual assault, a broader category than the "forcible rape" figure used in this report. So why the change? Is the Police Superintendent trying to impress his new boss and thereby some how curry favor with the White House? Who knows and are they the first to manipulate crime data to make their city look better? I doubt it, but why down play such a heinous just to make your city look safer than it actually is?
FBI — Table 4 Illinois - Missouri
http://chicagoist.com/2012/06/20/fbi_crime_stats.php
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