Violent Crime Reports Surge by 4 Percent in First Half of 2006 - washingtonpost.com

Violent Crime Reports Surge by 4 Percent in First Half of 2006 - washingtonpost.com: "A recent rise in violent crime accelerated in the first half of 2006, providing the clearest sign yet that the nation may be in the midst of a prolonged increase in murder, assaults and other violent offenses, the FBI reported today.

Violent crime reports surged by nearly 4 percent in the first six months of 2006 when compared with the same time period a year earlier, including a dramatic increase of nearly 10 percent for robberies, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report." Read complete post here.