(Worthy Insights) – The Big Apple has seen an alarming 11% jump in rapes this year — with some sections of the city seeing their numbers more than double.
There were 880 rapes reported citywide from Jan. 1 through July 14, compared to 796 in the same period last year, NYPD stats reveal.
“This should be a wake up call,” said Jane Manning, director of Women’s Equal Justice.“The NYPD needs to allocate more investigators to its understaffed Special Victims Unit, so that every case is investigated well and dangerous offenders are apprehended.” [ Source (Read More…) ]
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