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Nature 452, 409 (27 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/452409c; Published online 26 March 2008
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Unfair statistics take the bloom off St Louis
Scott Jacques1
- Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri–St Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63121, USA
I take issue with a statistic quoted from Congressional Quarterly's 2007 publication 'City Crime Rankings' in your Naturejobs Regions feature 'Almost in bloom' (Nature 452, 122–124; 2008).This statistic does a disservice to St Louis in ranking it as the second most dangerous city in the United States.
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