Al Jazeera Crime spikes in several US cities confound criminologists James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston, is dismissive of the half-year statistics. “The shorter the window, the more volatile the numbers,” he said. “Six-month homicide numbers are especially unreliable.” He likens it to a 100-point spike in the stock market on one day. “It doesn’t say anything. … You really shouldn’t […]