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Andrew Papachristos, who led the research, says there are still some big unanswered questions, like how murder rates are impacted by the overall ebb and flow of crime rates. While murders appear to be down in certain neighbourhoods, car-jackings, muggings and crime on the city's public transport system are still stubbornly high.