After last year's violent, fraud-ridden presidential and provincial polls, another round of voting in just five months is a sickening prospect for foreign diplomats and election workers.May is the start of the "fighting season".
Ch Con Jeff Farrar, spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the rises in sex offences, violent crime, fraud and public order, were the result of increased confidence in reporting crime, proactive policing and better recording practices.
His work tracks down sex offenders, violent criminals and fraud.
The Stockholm Center for Freedom cited "widespread and systematic election fraud, violent incidents and scandalous steps taken by the biased Supreme Board of Election".
On Kamala Harris' website you can easily find her position and historical record on these key issues and others like environmental preservation, violent crime, financial fraud, and sex offenses.
Crime data were divided into seven categories: violent crimes, stealing, fraud, vandalism, traffic crimes, narcotic crimes, and other crimes.
Major Crimes Unit: The Major Crimes Unit handles violent crime, property crimes, fraud, theft, civil rights violations, and other matters of primary federal interest.
Mr. Ferrer, the United States attorney, said he had seen tax fraud overtake violent crime in Overtown, a poor, high-crime section of Miami.
The election is the product of months of political wrangling after the fraud and violent protests from the first round of voting in November, and American officials fear that Mr. Aristide's presence alone could disrupt it.
News reporters will relay incidents of violent crime or benefit fraud without any attempt at providing context or evaluation of scale, and it is not just the right wing tabloids that are responsible.
His main task will be to quickly organize fresh elections after Haiti cancelled a runoff presidential election in January, amid often violent protests over alleged fraud in the first round and after the opposition candidate boycotted the vote.
