2013年全球暴力城市排行榜.doc

2013年全球暴力城市排行榜 Most Violent Cities In The World Though cities such asChicago and Mexicos Ciudad Juarez hold reputations as hubs of gun violence,neither sniffs the top 10 in this years ranking of the most violent cities in the world, according to a recent studyby the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice.最近，据“公共安全、正义、和平公民委员会”发布的一项调查称，虽然美国的芝加哥和墨西哥的华雷斯城一直被称为枪支暴力中心区，但今年这两个城市均未出现在“世界10大暴力城市”名单中。For the second year in a row, San Pedro Sula, Honduras holds on to theinfamous top spot as the most violent city in the world, with 169 homicides per100,000 habitants. And much to the chagrin of the region, all 10 of the globesmost violent destinations remain in Latin America.洪都拉斯的圣佩德罗苏拉，死于凶杀案人数和全市人口的比率为169/100000，从而蝉联世界最暴力城市。“世界10大暴力城市”均分布于拉丁美洲。The study is publishedby the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice (ConsejoCiudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal), a privateorganization and part of the Mexican Employers Association. The organizationbases its ranking off of official homicide statistics provided by localgovernments, though as the New York Daily News notes, cities in the Middle East werenot included in the report.该项调查由“公共安全和刑事司法委员会”主导，该组织依据各地政府提供的杀人案相关数据，从而得出上述结论。然而，该报告不包含中东地区城市。Just five countries inthe list comprise the top 10: Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela. Brazil had 15cities rank in the top 50, the most of any country.这10大暴力城市名单仅来自于5个国家，分别为：巴西，哥伦比亚，洪都拉斯，墨西哥和委内瑞拉。巴西共有15个城市位列暴力名单前50名，是上榜最多的国家。The first U.S. city to appear on the list is New Orleans, ranking at No. 17. Other American cities in thetop 50 included Detroit at No. 21; St. Louis at No. 40; Baltimoreat No. 41; and Oakland, Calif. at No. 43.美国方面，排名最靠前的是新奥尔良，第17名。其余位列暴力名单前50位的城市排名：底特律，21；圣路易斯城，40；巴尔的摩，41；奥克兰 加州，43。While discussing thereport, the Citizen Councils president argued that gun restriction laws wontdo much to curb violence in large cities, echoing the sentiments of those who oppose gun control effortsin the U.S.