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Murder is usually the one crime stat that can't be fudged - the saying in public policy circles is "you can't hide a body". You can downgrade an assault to a pu

by azernik 10y ago

Murder is usually the one crime stat that can't be fudged - the saying in public policy circles is "you can't hide a body". You can downgrade an assault to a public order disturbance, you can just fail to log thefts, but when someone dies it gets into too many databases to remove from the stats. Most murders are not of the sort where it's unclear if it was murder at all. Someone's stabbed, beaten, shot, etc.

dragonwriter 10y ago
> Murder is usually the one crime stat that can't be fudged Homicides generally, maybe, are harder to fudge (especially homicides + suicides as a single group) but breaking down into specific crimes (and non-crimes; not all homicide is criminal) certainly can be fudged.