William Bosworth, director of Lehman College's Bronx Demography Project, delves into the gender gap in the Boogie Down Bronx, finishing a conversation begun last week. Plus, exactly what "median" means.
William Bosworth, director of Lehman College's Bronx Demography Project, delves into the gender gap in the Boogie Down Bronx, finishing a conversation begun last week. Plus, exactly what "median" means.
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Leon and Ada-
The Bronx absolutely is the best place to commit crimes. Bronx jurors are notorious for their unwillingness to convict. Of course Bronx juries hand down some convictions, but not at such a rate that it accounts for the high number of missing men. A crime that will get you upstate time in Manhattan will get you a slap on the wrist in the Bronx. I'd wager that even the best Manhattan ADAs would have a a very tough time in front of Bronx juries, and Bronx conviction and incarceration rates would skyrocket if if the Bronx had a jury pool like that in Manhattan (and then the crime rate would likely plummet).
City lawyers settle cases brought against the city in the Bronx at a higher rate than elsewhere because there is concern about the crazy verdicts Bronx jurors like to dole out. In general, Bronx citizens seem to sympathize with each other (and, strangely, sympathize more with the ciminals than the victim) and have suspician of any sort of official or municipal authority.
Marble Hill is New York County because when Bronx County was created in 1914, Marble Hill was an island. Shortly after the Bronx was created, the river separating Marble Hill from the mainland was filled in. That's why Marble Hill is still considered as being "in Manhattan".
As for Rikers Island, I suspect that if we can find a copy of the 1914 legislation that created the Bronx, we'll find the definitive answer to where Rikers Island is "in".
ADA -I hope that doesn't mean assistant district attorney. Because either you're doing a great injustice to the Bronx DA's, or the Bronx must be the best place to commit crimes in the world.
What on earth do you mean that people don't get upstate jail time in the Bronx?
Could you follow up on whatever became of the big search for the man caught on tape removing his outer shirt ("acting furtively") in Schubert Alley just after the Times Square car bomb was discovered? Was he found/harassed/exonerated?
Simply put
Mean: All values in data set added together divided by number of values in data set.
Median: The mean value of the two middle values after separating the upper values from the lower values.
Mode: Most frequently occurring value in data set.
Crimes that occur at Riker's are prosecuted by the Bronx DA's office (not Queens), so it is considered Bronx despite the mailing address.
Bronx jurors do not like to convict other Bronx citizens. No conviction equals no upstate time. The welfare theory seems more likely, as it appears (from my highly unscientific observations) that most Bronx women are on some sort of public assistance. I can count the times that I've seen people at Bronx grocery stores pay in a way other than on their benefits card on one hand.
I can't believe how bad the "expert" is doing injustice to the question. Even if we take his (apparently faulty) point that Rikers inmates are counted in the Bronx, there are no facts about the actual size of the Rikers population versus how many Bronx men are now in upstate jails. There has been no facts given to support his assertion.
And then they let this guy toss out the 40 year old welfare-black matriarchy thing to blame for this too: Give me a break!
1) Can you ask the prof re: the ratio net of Riker's population? (w/o the Riker's folks)
2) Can you f/u and check whether Riker's is in Bx or Queens? I went on a tour there, and I remember being told it was in Queens.
3) Note that in the Bx, lots of men have multiple families: e.g. 2 kids w/ Woman A, 3 kids w/ Woman B. Any way to measure that?
What about murder? Don’t more men get murdered than women… Prison and murder seem like the most likely suspects than more exotic theories.
The professor’s ramble supposes Bronx men are incarcerated in the Bronx, who’s filling all of the upstate prisons?
My husband teaches at Riker's Island and the address is listed as East Elmhurst Queens.
rikers island only holds about 17k ppl, a drop in the bucket for a borough of over 1m...
If we're not factoring in incarceration, how about the murder rate?
Why is Riker's Island part of the Bronx when you only get to it via Queens?
Too easy
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