both west virginia and newfoundland have low populations and no real urban areas, which would affect the comparison....compare urban areas of similar size with different poverty rates and you will probably find a different result.
the violent crime rates in st. john's is not far off ours actually...similar to vancouver...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/...rime-2008.html
interesting charts that kind of disprove the 'we need more cops' argument.
