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Do you have a citation for the 3 times a day figure? I'm not disagreeing because I belive it's true. I'd just like to see some real data.

laichzeit0 10y ago
You left out the part where you also want an actual "peer reviewed study". Must be new to HN.
jerf 10y ago
Three crimes a day is probably a reference to this book: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594035229 https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp... (I know it's better to provide references to web pages and not books, but I don't have a web page that recreates that book on hand. Suggestions welcome.) As I understand it, it's an estimate, not an actual figure. In order to perform such a survey, we'd have to sample people, record their entire daily activity, and determine how many crimes were committed. Determining how many crimes were committed would require an army of lawyers and private investigators... and that's the real point. As a normal citizen without an army of lawyers, you should have no confidence whatsoever that you are not committing crimes. If measured by "what could be used to convict you if the government wanted you out of the way" I'd guess 3 per day is a grotesque underestimate, at least one order of magnitude and I wouldn't bet much against 2.
- KallDrexx 10y ago
  Hell just think of everyone going 5-10mph over the speed limit on any given road.
- smileysteve 10y ago
  Thanks. !
FrancoDiaz 10y ago
I don't have a citation, but I think the CATO institute put it at 7 felonies a day.
filoeleven 10y ago
The vehicle code alone for my state is nearly three inches thick. If they want to pull you over, you will almost certainly give them a "valid" reason if they follow you for even just a few minutes. A friend of mine in law enforcement demonstrated this to me once while riding in my car. He had racked up four or five things on the car ahead of us (tailgating, crossing the fog line or center barrier, failure to signal within x yards of a turn, etc.) in under a mile.

laichzeit0 10y ago

You left out the part where you also want an actual "peer reviewed study". Must be new to HN.

jerf 10y ago

Three crimes a day is probably a reference to this book: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594035229 https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp... (I know it's better to provide references to web pages and not books, but I don't have a web page that recreates that book on hand. Suggestions welcome.) As I understand it, it's an estimate, not an actual figure. In order to perform such a survey, we'd have to sample people, record their entire daily activity, and determine how many crimes were committed. Determining how many crimes were committed would require an army of lawyers and private investigators... and that's the real point. As a normal citizen without an army of lawyers, you should have no confidence whatsoever that you are not committing crimes. If measured by "what could be used to convict you if the government wanted you out of the way" I'd guess 3 per day is a grotesque underestimate, at least one order of magnitude and I wouldn't bet much against 2.

KallDrexx 10y ago
Hell just think of everyone going 5-10mph over the speed limit on any given road.
smileysteve 10y ago
Thanks. !

FrancoDiaz 10y ago

I don't have a citation, but I think the CATO institute put it at 7 felonies a day.

filoeleven 10y ago

The vehicle code alone for my state is nearly three inches thick. If they want to pull you over, you will almost certainly give them a "valid" reason if they follow you for even just a few minutes. A friend of mine in law enforcement demonstrated this to me once while riding in my car. He had racked up four or five things on the car ahead of us (tailgating, crossing the fog line or center barrier, failure to signal within x yards of a turn, etc.) in under a mile.