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I think this comment wins a prize for "most creative way to explain away the massive difference in murder rates between the US and most other developed countrie
by dash2 10y ago
I think this comment wins a prize for "most creative way to explain away the massive difference in murder rates between the US and most other developed countries".
- adventured 10y agoOr you could look at the murder rate by state, that's fascinating as well given the dramatic difference you see between them. Vermont, New Hampshire, Iowa, Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming (about 8 million people between them) all have murder rates lower than Canada, Belgium and Finland. Maine, Minnesota, South Dakota, Hawaii, Utah, Oregon, Montana, Washington all have relatively low murder rates. I'd love to hear your explanation for what causes the wide variance between some states on murder rate.
- StavrosK 10y agoIs this stable? I'd expect some states to have low rates and some to have high rates by chance alone.
- adventured 10y agoIt's highly stable and has been quite consistent for decades of data. Those low murder states in particular have been extremely stable when it comes to being in the low bracket. Louisiana for example has had a high murder rate for a long time (as has eg Chicago) and states like Idaho, New Hampshire, Maine, Washington etc have had low murder rates for as long as the US has had meaningful data on murder. I'd argue the opposite, chance plays zero role when it comes to the wide variance in murder rates among states.
- tomwalker 10y agoWhy is there such a difference? Surely each of those states with low murder rates have good and bad bits?