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Lack of Police Blamed for Crime Wave Gripping Egypt

Apr 4th 2011 – 4:11PM

CAIRO -- Gunmen kidnapped a grandniece of Anwar Sadat and demanded a ransom. In one southern city, robbers didn't bother to wait until dark to target pedestrians. In another, a brawl between two school children led to a gunbattle that killed five. A police state barely three months ago, Egypt has seen crime soar 200...

How an MTV Reality Show Sparked a Crime Wave

By Paul KixJul 29th 2010 – 9:12AM
Rose Palmisano, OCR / Corbis

Rose Palmisano, OCR / Corbis

(July 28) -- The point of reality shows is for their stars to behave badly, if not for outright criminal enterprises to develop. Now a study to be released Aug. 2 in the journal Economics Letters argues that reality shows may not only breed delinquents but attract them off camera as well. Its key finding is that crime...

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