Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only last Friday, The Boston Globe ran a story describing Dorchester as "the city's worst" high school. Amid poor testing scores and a 50 percent drop-out rate, Dorchester High School's accreditation is at risk...
Among violent crimes, rape decreased most significantly, from 34 incidents in 1996 to 24 last year, a 29.4 percent drop...
According to CPD Detective Frank Pasquarello, the drop in crime reflects increased cooperation between the police and the community...
...added that the drop in the number of rapes is due in large part to self-protection groups, such as Rape Aggression Defense (RAD), and to "classes in alcohol-related date rape...
Cambridge's falling crime rates reflect the national downward trend, but according to the report, Cambridge has seen a sharper drop in most types of crime than other cities of its size...