CONSIDER THIS FROM NPR Violent Crime Is Dropping, But Americans Feel Less Safe.
*a per capita 일 인당, 한 사람당 *a per capita basis 인구 대비, 인구 당 We still have one of the highest homicide rates in the nation on a per capita basis. *warp [wɔːrp] 왜곡되다, (원래의 모습을 잃고) 휘다[틀어지다], 휘게[틀어지게] 만들다 *plugged in[into] …와 관계[연줄]가 있는, …에 밝아서, …을 깨달아서, 민감하여 People's perception of crime in the city is really warped by how they get their news, what types of media they consume and how plugged in they are and they want to be. *disinvest 투자를 중단[축소]하다 *pass off as ~인 체하다, …인 양 행세하다 +) pass off as genuine 진짜로 통했다
That was passed off as a news story. *account for something ~을 해명하다[~의 이유가 되다] (=explain), 설명하다 (=explain) What accounts for the change? *subscribe 기명 승락하다, 응모하다, 신청하다, 구독하다 *subscribe to the theory 그 이론에 동의[찬성]하다 *prolific [prəˈlɪfɪk] 다작하는, 다산하는, 열매를 많이 맺는 *perpetrator [|pɜːrpətreɪtə(r)] (범행·과실·악행을 저지른) 가해자[범인] *prolific perpetrators of crime 많은 범죄를 저지른 가해자들 *take a stab at ~을 시도해 보다 *take credit for ~의 공을 차지하다, …의 공적을 인정받다, …으로 명성을 얻다 Who's going to try to take credit for this? *at every turn (무엇을 시도할 때) 언제나[어디에서나] +) At every turn I met with disappointment. 언제나[어디에서나] 나는 실망만 안게 되었다. +) You can find such a man at every turn. 그런 사람은 지천으로 있다. *felon-in-possessions-of-firearm 무기를 소지하고 있는 중범죄자 *deterrence [ditə́:rəns] 제지, 저지, 억제(력) *take for …이라고 생각하다 What do you think it's going to take for people to believe you? *news outlet 언론 매체, 언론 기관 I would echo that. 저도 그 의견에 동의합니다. *spot on 딱 맞는, 정확한 I think that they're both spot on.
In big cities and small, from the East coast to the West, violence has dropped dramatically.
Despite a significant and measurable drop in violent crime, Americans feel less safe. According to a Gallup poll released in November, more than three quarters of Americans believe there's more crime in the country than there was last year.