> Measuring the total number of violent break-ins is way easier than measuring humanity's impact on global temperatures That's a false comparison. Counting the

> Measuring the total number of violent break-ins is way easier than measuring humanity's impact on global temperatures That's a false comparison. Counting the number of violent break-ins is harder than measuring the increase in global temperatures, which is the fair metric to compare against. Instead of just setting up a bunch of thermometers and averaging the results, you have to settle on a definition of violent and comb through police statistics (to get the number of reported break-ins) and surveys (to get the number of unreported break-ins). > I'm not aware of any politically significant faction on the left claiming that violent crimes are not increasing The point of the paper is that when the proposed solution to a reported increase in violent crimes involved a policy liberals would object to, such a faction began to emerge. Whether violent crimes are actually increasing and whether liberals are currently denying said increase are both irrelevant. The actual paper is linked to from the article posted. I only did a cursory read and didn't find it to be dripping with bias, but that's just my opinion. Here's a direct link to the paper: http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/9256 http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/9256