Even less research has been done on why vandalism is falling faster than most other types of crime.

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Though some types of crime have gone down, the rate of violent house robbery has doubled in the past five years.

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By creating a circle of offending, punishing and re-offending, we are doing nothing about the root causes of these types of crime.

BBC: Pete Levy

As for crime, new measures are being tried, such as putting more police into the worst spots, and concentrating on certain types of crime.

ECONOMIST: Mexico

It was right that offenders who had committed a number of different types of crime should face custody rather than "simply being let off", he said.

BBC: Burglar

That being said, the prosecutors did not act any differently in this matter than how federal prosecutors all over the United States act on a daily basis in handling all types of crime.

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The theft of treasure is nothing new--it is one of folklore's most persistent themes--but thanks to novels, films and the newspaper headlines, art theft has captured the public's imagination like few other types of crime have.

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Although data was not collated nationally before 2009, Acpo says it believes there has been a rise in all five types of hate crime.

BBC: Hate crime figures published for the first time

Elsewhere, the report said the crime rate in Scotland was lower than in England and Wales for most types of offences, while the "fear" of crime was falling.

BBC: Police officers

What's more, the opportunity to land lucrative lead roles on network television is significantly greater for men, a commentary on the types of shows (male-driven action series, crime dramas) that play with broader audiences today.

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The opportunity to land lucrative lead roles on network television is significantly greater for men than women, a commentary on the types of shows (male-driven action series and crime dramas) that play with broader audiences today.

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Steinhardt said he worries that not all state laws clearly specify what types of tests police can conduct on the DNA samples collected from inmates and crime scenes.

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