verb (used with object) 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. 2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
Today, the Chicago Police Department is doing something similar with gangs. Using a tool academics call ânetwork analysis,â the CPD is mapping the relationships among Chicagoâs 14,000 most active gang members. Itâs also ranking how likely those people are to be involved in a homicide, either as victims or offenders.
The lowest incidence of murder is in the Northwest, where murder rates range from four per 100,000 in North Dakota to just 1.8 in Idaho and Utah. Chicago has more murders than any other city in the United States, surpassing even New York, which has three times as many inhabitants, the figures show. In a crime report released by the bureau, it was revealed that there were 500 murders in Chicago in 2012, up from 431 in 2011. New York registered 419, down from 515.