Crime rates for 2005 remained about the same as for 2004, according to a new report from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The analysis also finds that the victim of a violent crime is half as likely to report the crime to police as a victim of theft.
The Justice Department figures show that a drop in theft helped the overall property crime rate decline in the period.
Robert Siegel talks to Shannon Catalano, the report's author.
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