Post-Crime New York - New York Magazine

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The Criminal Record

Once again, it was a down year for crime in New York. But that doesn't mean we're some sort of post-crime Utopia just quite yet. A look at what kind of crime persists and why, a thought experiment on how we could make murder disappear completely, the emergence of crime porn, and more.

Published Jan 7, 2008

(Photo: Tom Schierlitz)

The Killing of the Murder Rate: As the homicide rate continues to drop, the impossible beckons: What would it take to go all the way to zero?

Where Murder Won't Go Quietly: A new kind of gang is making northeast Brooklyn the deadliest place in the city.

The Bleeding Edge: One man's search for an authentic, old-school New York experience, and how it found him.

Criminal Porn (With Simulated Action): What happens when rising demand for real crime video collides with plummeting crime rates? The media prank Criminals Gone Wild.

What a Safer City Really Looks Like: A look at crime rates in each precinct�and a small sampling of the cases that make them up.