When I hear a number like 84% drop I cannot cannot help but think of how in NYC cops are taught/encouraged to reduce crime statistics by reporting them differen

When I hear a number like 84% drop I cannot cannot help but think of how in NYC cops are taught/encouraged to reduce crime statistics by reporting them differently. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/nyregion/new-york-police-department-manipulates-crime-reports-study-finds.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/nyregion/new-york-police-d... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-newyork-statistics-idUSBRE82818620120309 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-newyork-statistics-i... However it is kind of hard to fudge suicide reports I guess. Makes me sad to hear suicide is so high in Japan, especially with free/low-cost mental and physical health care. Has to be a cultural thing where it is accepted and then one person sees/reads about another doing it so it plants the idea in their head that it is okay.