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Safety in New Haven: a tale of two cities 9.15.09
Annie Le’s GRD '13 murder has brought Yale, New Haven and their respective security structures under intense scrutiny. But as it happens, there is a gulf between perceptions and reality — these incidents are aberrations in an relatively safe college town. Although statistics suggest that New Haven as a whole is still more dangerous than other cities of comparable size, the area around Yale is no more dangerous than those that surround other schools.
