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FILENAME:	4752_1481_1700
TOPIC#:		312
DATE:		920420
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:	lsh
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Both speakers tend to repeat themselves.  B has a noise
all through his background that sounds like he is chopping something.

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sd          A.1 utt1:  I'm ready.  /
sv          A.1 utt2: {D Well } in Atlanta, Georgia you probably  have a lot more crime than we have here in Patterson, California. /  

am          @B.2 utt1:  <Noise> {F Oh } # [ could, + could ] be. # /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  # {F Uh, } this # little city is only about eight thousand people. /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Huh. /  

%          A.5 utt1:  {C So. } -/  

b          B.6 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.6 utt2: we, - /
qy          B.6 utt3: [ is, + is ] crime a problem there?  /
qrr          B.6 utt4:   ((   ))  {D like } a major problem, minor problem or, -/  

sd          A.7 utt1:  {D Well } in Patterson  there's, - /
sd          A.7 utt2: it's not a problem here.  /
sd          A.7 utt3:   {C But } {D like, } {F uh, } I lived in Oakland, {F uh, } until just recently -- /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } Oakland, California, God,  they've had {D like, } {F uh, } sixty-seven murders so far this year compared to {D like, } {F uh, } forty at  this time last year. /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  {C So } it's really bad there. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C and } ]  it's all related to drugs it # seems like. # /  

b          B.14 utt1:  # {F Oh, } yeah. # /  

qy          A.15 utt1:  <Swallowing> Is that what it's there too? /  

ny          B.16 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd^e          B.16 utt2:  I've only been here for {D like, } {F uh, } - /
sd          B.16 utt3: probably  just over six months [ I # start, + I # --   

b          A.17 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.18 utt1:  -- started ] school here.  /
sd          B.18 utt2: <clicking> {F Uh, } I came  from a smaller town [ in, + in ] New York -- /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  -- {C and } [ cri-, + ]  the city was fairly big size {E or } not real big  /
sd          B.20 utt2: {C but }  we had a problem there  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {C but } here there's just no comparison  that, much more crime. -/  

b          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.22 utt1:  {F Uh, } every night the news is very depressing  because [ it just, + they ] run down the list of how many people were shot, {D you know, }  drive by shootings or --   

b          A.23 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- whatever  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {C and } [ [ it's, + it, ] + it's ]  pretty bad.   /
%          B.24 utt3: [  They're, + they're, ] - /
%          B.24 utt4: it's, - /
sd          B.24 utt5: things have basically improved here over the last few years.  /
sd          B.24 utt6:   [ They've, + they've ] actually taken steps to try to make it better  /
sd          B.24 utt7:  {C but } [ it still, + it still ] is a problem. /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.25 utt2:  {D Like } I don't know what they can do to  make it better unless they just hire more policemen. /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  {D Well } [ that's, + that ] seems to be what they  were doing  /
sd          B.26 utt2: [ {C and } it has, + {C and } they've ] [ started, + stepped ] up more patrols in certain areas  /
sd          B.26 utt3:  {C and } it [ has + --   

b          A.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.28 utt1:  -- has ] made some places safer  /
sd          B.28 utt2:  {C but, } {D you know, } it's very difficult.  /
sv          B.28 utt3:  {E I mean } if you don't have an infinite amount of money [ to, + to ]  try to stop the problem although most people wish you could --   

b          A.29 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.29 utt2: uh-huh. /  

+          B.30 utt1:  -- as [ it is a, + it's ] definitely a problem - /
sv          B.30 utt2: {C and } --   

b          A.31 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.32 utt1:  -- {D you know, } the [ [ more, + more, ] + less ]  that's done about it the more it seems it tends to spread into smaller areas # unfortunately. # /  

aa         A.33 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
sv          A.33 utt2: # {D Well } [ I, +  I ]  think that if they would do something to these people that they do catch instead of just slapping their little hands -- /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Right. /  

sv          A.35 utt1:  -- {C and, } {D you know, } {C then } maybe those  other people would be kind of scared  /
sv          A.35 utt2: {C and } they would not do these bad things, {D you know. } /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv           B.36 utt2: [ I think, + I think ] that, {F uh, } it's, {F uh, }  seems to be that, {A I don't know, } some people [ they te-, + they do ] something, {D you know, }  /
sv          B.36 utt3: they shoot somebody or  whatever,  /
sv          B.36 utt4: they go to jail,  /
sv          B.36 utt5: sentenced to jail for  {D like } thirty years they're out in five  /
sv          B.36 utt6: {C and } they're back on the street  /
sv          B.36 utt7: {C and then }  they shoot someone else  /
sv          B.36 utt8: {C and } just [ a, + a ] cycle <<mispronounced>>  /
sv          B.36 utt9: {C and } it  [ seems, + seems ]  as though [ the, + the ] system doesn't [ cha-, + ]  tend to stop them unless something is drastic is done. /  

aa          A.37 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.37 utt2:  I just don't understand [ our, + our ] laws here.  /
sd           A.37 utt3:   {C Because, } {D you know, } like  in other countries, {D man, } {E I mean, } they're really a  lot stricter than we are. /  

aa          B.38 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.38 utt2:  It's, definitely true.  /
sv*         B.38 utt3:  It [ seems, + seems ]  as though we try to play humanitarian I think [ to, + ] a little to much  / *[[typo too]]
sv          B.38 utt4:  {C and } maybe some of the people don't deserve [ the, + the ] humanitarian treatment that they get. /  

b          A.39 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.39 utt2: uh-huh. /  

h          B.40 utt1:  {C But } I don't know.  /
sv          B.40 utt2:  It's a difficult situation  I think  /
sv          B.40 utt3: {C and } [ some, + something ] has to be done because I definitely think [ [ it's, + it, ] + it ]  really [ plays, + reeks ] havoc with your quality of life when, {D you know, }  you can see it's going on around you  /
sv          B.40 utt4: {C but } then when, once it finally affects you  [ then, + then ] it really starts to bother you. /  

b          A.41 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.41 utt2: uh-huh.   {F Uh, } /  

sv          B.42 utt1:  {C But } it seems, {E I mean, } - /
sv          B.42 utt2: people have moved  {D like } out of the city because they want to get away from the crime /
sv          B.42 utt3: {C and so } they tend to spread  the cities farther and farther out  /
sv          B.42 utt4: {C but, } {D you know, } it's only a matter  of time before, {D you know, } it still catches up with them.  /
sv          B.42 utt5:  You can't really run away from the problem -- /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.44 utt1:  -- {C and } [ something, + {D you know, } something ]  has to be done but just that too many people argue about how to fix it. /  

aa          A.45 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.45 utt2:  I know when I lived in Oakland,   it was just that, {F uh, } {D like, } I definitely wouldn't go into certain areas [ of, + of ]  the city by myself. /  

aa          B.46 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure. /  

sd          A.47 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C and } ]  [ then, +  then ] again some areas I wouldn't go by myself after dark --   

b          B.48 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.49 utt1:  -- {D you know. } /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.51 utt1:  {C But } down here, in Patterson, {D well } like  I say, it's so small --   

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.53 utt1:  -- that you can go anywhere. /  

b          B.54 utt1:  #  (( Yeah,  /
ba          B.54 utt2: that's good )) . # /  

sd          A.55 utt1:  # {C But } just, {F uh, } # {D like } twenty miles away  {D see } in Modesto, they have, {F uh, } those gangs and things over there. /  

b          B.56 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  {C And } [ it, + it's ] bad.  /
sd          A.57 utt2:  In Sacramento also, they have, {F uh, } drive by shootings it seems like all the time. /  

b          B.58 utt1:  Yeah. /  

h          A.59 utt1:  {C So, } I don't know. /  

b          B.60 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.61 utt1:  [ I just, + I just ]  don't know [ what, + what ] they can do {D you know. } /  

aa          B.62 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.62 utt2:  [ It's, + it's ] to bad because  it's, {F uh, } {E I mean, } [ th-, + ] just even the random occurrences where, {D you know, }  it's unsafe for a woman just to walk from the car to the, some, in certain areas like [ from the car, + from their car ] to the mall or something - /
sv          B.62 utt3: {C and } # it's dangerous. #  /  

aa          A.63 utt1:  # I know. # /  

sv          B.64 utt1:  {C And } [ it's just, + that's just ]  ridiculous  /
sv          B.64 utt2: {C and } {D you know, } [ it's just, + that's just ] not right.  /
%          B.64 utt3:  Something #  (( {D you know } )) . # -/  

aa          A.65 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sv          A.65 utt2: # {E I mean } like [ even, + even ]  going to the grocery store. - /
sd          A.65 utt3: I know we've had this one lady that was attacked, {D you know. } /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Right,  /
b^r          B.66 utt2: right. /  

sv          A.67 utt1:  {E I mean, } [ [ just, + <sigh> you just, ] + you just ]  don't know what to do anymore, {D you know. } /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.69 utt1:  {C And } some of the times it's happening in the  daytime too, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.69 utt2:  {C so } it's not always happening at dark. /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Yeah. /  

h          A.71 utt1:  {C So } I don't know. /  

aa          B.72 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.72 utt2: it's definitely unfortunate </noise>. / 
