A
I have, uh, I, well, I used to have the opinion that there wa, that there really was not any more crime in America, in the cities, anyway, than there was in previous centuries, uh, before, uh, simply because. The reason there seems to be so much was the fact that the police now had advanced, uh, reporting methods, with computers and other devices.
B
Compile more statistics.
A
That's right, and those statistics in turn got them bigger budgets.
B
Uh-huh.
A
However, I have been persuaded, lately, I guess, simply by the, uh, overwhelming data that seems to be available that there is indeed a lot more violent crime.
B
More especially where you are. Are you,