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Nature 452, 409 (27 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/452409c; Published online 26 March 2008

Unfair statistics take the bloom off St Louis

Scott Jacques1

  1. 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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