Description:How safe is your state? Researchers and legislators are asking the same question as they grapple with how to appropriate funds across their respective state even as federal and state funding decrease in todays economic tumult. Fortunately, Crime State Rankings 2009 compares the 50 states and Washington, DC in more than 500 crime-related categories. In this new edition the formula and methodology are discussed in a new narrative chapter allowing researchers to cite statistics with context.