1.   Some newspapers tend to dramatize reports of property crimes.

2.   Studies have shown a correlation between recession and property crime.

3.   When spending power goes up relatively quickly the long-term growth in property crime slows down.

4.   Around the country, property crimes also fell last year.

5.   Both violent crime and property crime have decreased since McGreevey took office, in line with state and national trends.

6.   All have criminal convictions, mostly for property crimes, though one served time for manslaughter.

7.   Brye said he has used numerous aliases throughout his criminal career, which has included arrests for property crimes, auto theft and criminal trespass.

8.   Emotionally disturbed inmates in state prisons had also been convicted of more property crimes, but were only half as likely to have been sentenced for drug crimes.

9.   Even though Texas law allows the use of deadly force to prevent certain types of property crimes at night, Kinne argued that Bables went too far.

10.   Frank Canson, a San Diego detective, offered an alternative explanation for the decline in property crime.