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from the is-crime-data-report-trustworthy? dept.
I imagine most people here already know the stats, it's nothing new, but I found it interesting to review.
Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They're Wrong:
"People estimated their risks for a whole host of bad-news life events — robbery, burglary, job loss and losing their health insurance. But the survey didn't just ask respondents to rate their chances: It also asked whether those things had actually happened to them in the last year.
And that combination of questions revealed something important about American fear: We are terrible at estimating our risk of crime — much worse than we are at guessing the danger of other bad things. Across that decade, respondents put their chance of being robbed in the coming year at about 15 percent. Looking back, the actual rate of robbery was 1.2 percent. In contrast, when asked to rate their risk of upcoming job loss, people guessed it was about 14.5 percent — much closer to the actual job loss rate of 12.9 percent."
[...] "In 2019, according to a survey conducted by Gallup, about 64 percent of Americans believed that there was more crime in the U.S. than there was a year ago. It's a belief we've consistently held for decades now, but as you can see in the chart below, we've been, just as consistently, very wrong."
Like I said, more of the same, but might be worth a discussion.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:57PM (4 children)
Sigh. So much for "believe the science" and "look at the facts," eh? Indeed, thank you for demonstrating how empty those slogans are.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by crafoo on Sunday August 09 2020, @02:42PM
Words have no meaning to a true believer. They are just sounds, vocal ticks, magic spells they use to achieve the outcomes they desire.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday August 09 2020, @06:22PM (2 children)
There is no "science" in your stats. You're just talking racist trash. I fart in your general direction
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday August 09 2020, @10:10PM (1 child)
You should write to Wikipedia and the Anti-Defamation League and tell them what racist trash they are, because they compiled those numbers. Go ahead. It would be funny.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberry.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday August 09 2020, @11:00PM
That game is such bullshit. Numbers of public organizations speak nothing of white supremacy. It only indicates how openly they can operate.
You just will never understand, you can't. It's literally impossible. That's not a thing. I don't pretend to myself, but I can easily acknowledge what's in front of your damn face. What stands out is your utter arrogance and denial. You think you do understand, lying with statistics like they were made for you, so typical. The only way to respond is to say you are full of it. You can argue about it all you want, but you will still be full of it.
Heh, funny that for me, your reputation didn't precede you, didn't know you were in that circle, but in these few marvelous moments much has been clarified, thankyouverymuch
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..