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Understandably, Vatican City is one of the world's least crime-ridden states. Not only are most of its 881 residents law-abiding clerics, but there are 155 Swiss guards and blue-suited security men to police the 108 acres of the tiny country. That works out to about one peace officer for every 4.7 men of God. The Vatican has no jail, and the occasional pickpocket caught plying his trade in St. Peter's Square is normally turned over to Roman authorities...
...reasons for the sudden spate of resignations is unclear. In the past, Harvard's resources, salaries and historical pre-eminance were compelling attractions, and Cambridge was a quieter, less crime-ridden place to be. The academic industry in the U.S. was so much smaller then that a handful of universities could easily dominate the profession...
After the government confiscated some 500,000 firearms from the populace, the number of violent crimes dropped dramatically, particularly in Manila. The capital, once one of the most crime-ridden cities in Asia, has become one of the safest-an improvement reflected in last year's 48% increase in tourism. A drastic crackdown on tax evaders has increased government revenues enough to enable Marcos to double state expenditures on roads and utilities. A "beautification project" has removed some of the ugly squatter slums from Manila...
...Then someone did a double take. Hastily, Princess Margaret's husband, Lord Snowdon, was whisked into Police Commissioner Philip G. Tannian's office for a chat and an apology. That was more than Tony got from Mayor Coleman Young. On a short assignment to photograph the crime-ridden city for the London Sunday Times, Snowdon asked for an interview with Young but was told the mayor had "no time...
...proposals are quite precise. And he gave his highest priority to two of the most controversial-stiffer sentencing and the death penalty. They raise complex questions. Will tougher sentences reduce crime? One hint of a negative answer may lie in the fact that the U.S. has long imposed the lengthiest sentences of any industrialized nation in the world, while also being one of the most crime-ridden. A more direct rebuttal came last week from the Fortune Society, a New York-based self-help group of former convicts. Distressed that politicians never ask ex-cons "about what deterred...