“He didn’t need to make murder rates look lower comparatively. Murder went down in real terms, in real numbers. Big numbers.”
Ah! Indeed the crime rate declined in NYC, just as did the trend throughout the entire nation according to FBI crime statistics - except there’s one bit of info not factored in by Giuliani’s supporters; under his direction, the city spent $3 billion per year on the police system which works out to plus/minus $81,000 annually for each person on the police force. It’s not to say costs aren’t worth the result - it’s just that as akin to the costs associated with the US troop surge in Baghdad, one should expect a decline in violence and property crime. But the results aren’t all that much better than that of the nation as a whole.
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20030113/202/129
With that kind of funding, anyone ought expect a significant decline in crime.
Regards....
So what exactly is your point?