31.   The police corruption cases have occurred as crime has risen, apparently fueled by a decade of economic decline, in a society with traditionally low crime rates.

32.   Violent crimes against gays rose last year, according to statistics released Tuesday by a San Francisco advocacy group.

33.   With crime rising across Los Angeles, LAUSD officials have stepped up patrols at bus stops and streets around schools and report students are arming themselves for self-protection.

34.   Yet the hierarchical church says nothing as trends in anti-gay violence and hate crimes rise.

35.   Police report that robbery and petty crimes have risen in the wake of an economic crisis which has left more than one million without jobs.

36.   Adult crime has also risen this year.

37.   But crime could rise as idle farmers and the unemployed flock to cities in search of work.

38.   But crime could rise as idle farmers and unemployed Chinese flock to cities in search of work.

39.   But statistics show that teenage crime is rising as are the number of drug addicts.

40.   Castro said crime was rising because of economic measures the country had to take after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, such as legalizing dollars and encouraging tourism.