> Our current police and justice department like to do magic with the statistics I suspect you are doing the same: "2-3%" probably does include everything: Scr

> Our current police and justice department like to do magic with the statistics I suspect you are doing the same: "2-3%" probably does include everything: Scratches on parked cars, lost passports or IDs that are reported stolen instead of "lost" and so on (read: all that is reported as a crime for convenience or for insurance claims). And I fail to see the negative reasons you hint at in your opening sentence: Should people be convicted just to reach some quota or only when the case is proven? Should people go to prison for minor crimes or should they be able to keep their job by wearing a electronic bracelet and being restricted to their house and way to/from their work place?