Violent crime in America has been decreasing for 20 years. Over all, the trend is still very good. But the FBI reports today that, in 2015, there was a jump in the nationwide murder rate of 10.8 percent. Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal started reporting on crime in the 1990s, the decade he calls "the battle years."
National violent crime rates rose in 2015, FBI says
Credits
Guest:
- Devlin Barrett - National Security reporter, The Washington Post - @DevlinBarrett