Partners in Crime Research -- Couple's Findings Link Crime in Memphis to Section 8 Voucher Renters

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Richard Janikowski and Phyllis Betts don't look as if they're inclined to stir up trouble.

He is tall, a sharp dresser who laughs easily. She is short and motherly. They live in suburban Countrywood with two dogs and three cats.

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Partners in Crime Research -- Couple's Findings Link Crime in Memphis to Section 8 Voucher Renters

Yet stir up trouble the couple did when a long article in the July/August issue of The Atlantic - "American Murder Mystery" by Hanna Rosin - brought to national attention their theory that shifting patterns of crime in Memphis can be linked to or at least run parallel with the demolition of old public housing in inner- city neighborho...

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