Morgan Quitno Press is a research and publishing company based in Lawrence, Kansas, which compiles books with statistics of crime rates, health care, education, and other categories, ranking cities and states in the United States. Among the major categories are "Smartest State", "Most Dangerous State", "Most Dangerous City", "Most Dangerous Metro Area", "Most Livable State", "Healthiest State", and "Most Improved State"; some information is per capita while some is overall. In July 2007 Morgan Quitno was acquired by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. Their ranking of jurisdictions in terms of "safety" has been criticized for faulty methodology and inappropriate use of data by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the American Society of Criminology, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
State Rankings – comprehensive livability of each State. Annual Most Livable State Award is given to No. 1 State in this ranking.
Health Care State Ranking – limited to and more detailed in health care. No. 1 State is awarded annual Healthiest State Award each year.
Crime State Rankings – limited to and more detailed in crime. Best State is awarded annual Safest State Award while worst State is tabbed as Most Dangerous State.
Education State Rankings – limited to and more detailed in K-12 education. Best State is awarded annual Smartest State Award.
City Crime Rankings – city and metro area version of Crime State Rankings mentioned above. Safest City, Safest Metro, Most Dangerous City, and Most Dangerous Metro are ranked based on the data on this rankings.
State Trends – shows trend of each State data. Most Improved State decided based on the data. Last edition was in 2007.
America's safest (most dangerous) cities
Evaluated cities and metro areas
Cities assessed – population of 75,000+
Metro areas assessed – all, as defined by US Census Bureau (no minimum population)
Calculate crime rate (number of cases per pop. 100,000) of each 6 crimes based on previous year's FBI data.
Compare these rates with U.S. average
Calculate Crime Index based on Morgan Quitno's equation.
Rank cities and metros by their Crime Index.
Criticism
The FBI recommends against use of its crime statistics for directly comparing cities as Morgan Quitno does in its "Most Dangerous Cities" rankings. This is due to the many factors that influence crime, such as population density and the degree of urbanization, modes of transportation of highway system, economic conditions, and citizens' attitudes toward crime.[1]
Cities of Illinois are not included in this ranking, due to a disparity in the way Illinois State police and the FBI report rape cases. Other cities may be excluded because of lack of some data.
In October 2007 the American Society of Criminology, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked the publisher to reconsider promotion of the book – specifically, "their inaccurate and inflammatory press release labeling cities as 'safest' and 'most dangerous'" – because the rankings are "baseless and damaging." In November 2007 the executive board of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) approved a resolution opposing the development of city crime rankings from FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs). The resolution states,
These rankings represent an irresponsible misuse of the data and do groundless harm to many communities [and] work against a key goal of our society, which is a better understanding of crime-related issues by both scientists and the public.[2]
The U.S. Conference of Mayors criticized the "Most Dangerous Cities" list, saying the annual city-by-city crime rankings are "distorted and damaging to cities' reputations." In addition, it noted specific flaws in the methodology, for instance, its weighting of murder as the same as auto theft.[3][4]
In addition, the Conference criticized Quitno's "Most Dangerous Cities" ranking because it did not adjust rankings of cities with wide-area city limits, such as Houston and Jacksonville, compared to cities with smaller city territory, such as St. Louis and Atlanta. Houston's apparent city crime statistics, for instance, are diluted because of lower crime in affluent areas within its broad city limits, whereas almost all the low-crime, affluent areas of the St. Louis metropolitan area are outside its much smaller city limits. The city area constitutes only 12.5% of its metro area. If data from adjacent suburbs were included in assessing crime in St. Louis city, its ranking would fall far down the dangerous cities list, with no actual change in number of individual crimes or personal safety. Metro area, rather than city, rankings include all suburbs for all MSAs, and therefore could be considered more valid.[3]
The U.S. Conference of Mayors Challenges City Crime Rankings
January 06, 2023
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Morgan Quitno Press is a research and publishing company based in Lawrence Kansas which compiles books with statistics of crime rates health care education and other categories ranking cities and states in the United States Among the major categories are Smartest State Most Dangerous State Most Dangerous City Most Dangerous Metro Area Most Livable State Healthiest State and Most Improved State some information is per capita while some is overall In July 2007 Morgan Quitno was acquired by CQ Press a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc Their ranking of jurisdictions in terms of safety has been criticized for faulty methodology and inappropriate use of data by the Federal Bureau of Investigation the American Society of Criminology and the U S Conference of Mayors Contents 1 Products 2 America s safest most dangerous cities 2 1 Evaluated cities and metro areas 2 2 Assessed crimes 2 3 Methodology 3 Criticism 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksProducts EditState Rankings comprehensive livability of each State Annual Most Livable State Award is given to No 1 State in this ranking Health Care State Ranking limited to and more detailed in health care No 1 State is awarded annual Healthiest State Award each year Crime State Rankings limited to and more detailed in crime Best State is awarded annual Safest State Award while worst State is tabbed as Most Dangerous State Education State Rankings limited to and more detailed in K 12 education Best State is awarded annual Smartest State Award City Crime Rankings city and metro area version of Crime State Rankings mentioned above Safest City Safest Metro Most Dangerous City and Most Dangerous Metro are ranked based on the data on this rankings State Trends shows trend of each State data Most Improved State decided based on the data Last edition was in 2007 America s safest most dangerous cities EditEvaluated cities and metro areas Edit Cities assessed population of 75 000 Metro areas assessed all as defined by US Census Bureau no minimum population Assessed crimes Edit murder rape robbery assault burglary automobile theftMethodology Edit Calculate crime rate number of cases per pop 100 000 of each 6 crimes based on previous year s FBI data Compare these rates with U S average Calculate Crime Index based on Morgan Quitno s equation Rank cities and metros by their Crime Index Criticism EditThe FBI recommends against use of its crime statistics for directly comparing cities as Morgan Quitno does in its Most Dangerous Cities rankings This is due to the many factors that influence crime such as population density and the degree of urbanization modes of transportation of highway system economic conditions and citizens attitudes toward crime 1 Cities of Illinois are not included in this ranking due to a disparity in the way Illinois State police and the FBI report rape cases Other cities may be excluded because of lack of some data In October 2007 the American Society of Criminology the U S Conference of Mayors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked the publisher to reconsider promotion of the book specifically their inaccurate and inflammatory press release labeling cities as safest and most dangerous because the rankings are baseless and damaging In November 2007 the executive board of the American Society of Criminology ASC approved a resolution opposing the development of city crime rankings from FBI Uniform Crime Reports UCRs The resolution states These rankings represent an irresponsible misuse of the data and do groundless harm to many communities and work against a key goal of our society which is a better understanding of crime related issues by both scientists and the public 2 The U S Conference of Mayors criticized the Most Dangerous Cities list saying the annual city by city crime rankings are distorted and damaging to cities reputations In addition it noted specific flaws in the methodology for instance its weighting of murder as the same as auto theft 3 4 In addition the Conference criticized Quitno s Most Dangerous Cities ranking because it did not adjust rankings of cities with wide area city limits such as Houston and Jacksonville compared to cities with smaller city territory such as St Louis and Atlanta Houston s apparent city crime statistics for instance are diluted because of lower crime in affluent areas within its broad city limits whereas almost all the low crime affluent areas of the St Louis metropolitan area are outside its much smaller city limits The city area constitutes only 12 5 of its metro area If data from adjacent suburbs were included in assessing crime in St Louis city its ranking would fall far down the dangerous cities list with no actual change in number of individual crimes or personal safety Metro area rather than city rankings include all suburbs for all MSAs and therefore could be considered more valid 3 See also EditUnited States cities by crime rateReferences Edit Uniform Crime Reports FBI Official Website Criminologists Condemn City Crime Rankings November 16 2007 PR Newswire accessed October 2 2009 a b Elena Temple The U S Conference of Mayors Challenges City Crime Rankings PR Newswire November 18 2007 accessed October 2 2009 St Louis Today com Archived November 19 2007 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditOfficial Website The U S Conference of Mayors Challenges City Crime Rankings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Morgan Quitno Press amp oldid 1071494175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
