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I tried to separate recent crime statistics from the rest of the paper. Turns out there weren't many: the level [of lethal violence] in 2015 – when a total of

I tried to separate recent crime statistics from the rest of the paper. Turns out there weren't many: the level [of lethal violence] in 2015 – when a total of 112 cases of lethal violence were reported – was higher than for many years. lethal violence using firearms has increased within the context of criminal conflicts. The number of confirmed or suspected shootings was 20 per cent higher in 2014 than in 2006. The statistics also show that 17 people were killed with firearms in 2011, while the corresponding figure in 2015 was 33. The number of reported rapes in Sweden has risen. some 13 per cent of the population were the victim of an offence against them personally in 2015. This is an increase on preceding years, although it is roughly the same level as in 2005. In a report published in February 2016, the Swedish Police Authority identified 53 residential areas around the country that have become increasingly marred by crime, social unrest and insecurity.

devwastaken 10y ago
>The number of reported rapes in Sweden has risen This part atleast, as explained to me, is because rape has a much wider statistical definition. All sexual assault supposedly is classified under it, penetration not required.
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- Sacho 10y ago
  The last time the rape law was significantly changed, according to Wikipedia, was in 2005(legislature) and 2008(Supreme Court case). I couldn't read whether the government article cited a source for the law changes(don't know Swedish), so that's the best I have. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden#Legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden#Legislation
  - rtp 10y ago
    Amount of reported rapes =/= amount of rape convictions.
acqq 10y ago
Precisely, there are no statistics from 2016, they published the old information. And if the statistics are done like in France, they aren't even allowed to note which religion the suspect has, so some simple statistics that would give such a relation are by definition not possible to make. On one side, it's true, the free society is not supposed to look in the people's heads. On another side, if the perpetrators explicitly tell you why they do what they do, it's really, really wrong discarding that information. The policies that disallow the access to the non-biased facts are serious limitation in more than one land. As an example in the US, there's this 2001 "Guideline" for the "professional journalists": http://www.spj.org/divguidelines.asp http://www.spj.org/divguidelines.asp
gaff33 10y ago
> the level [of lethal violence] in 2015 – when a total of 112 cases of lethal violence were reported – was higher than for many years. > he statistics also show that 17 people were killed with firearms in 2011, while the corresponding figure in 2015 was 33. This is the part that's ironic - if the US had the same per-capita lethal violence rate as Sweeden except for immigrants who we'll assume murder 100 times as often, it would still be a lot safer than the US is currently!

devwastaken 10y ago

>The number of reported rapes in Sweden has risen This part atleast, as explained to me, is because rape has a much wider statistical definition. All sexual assault supposedly is classified under it, penetration not required.

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Sacho 10y ago
The last time the rape law was significantly changed, according to Wikipedia, was in 2005(legislature) and 2008(Supreme Court case). I couldn't read whether the government article cited a source for the law changes(don't know Swedish), so that's the best I have. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden#Legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden#Legislation
- rtp 10y ago
  Amount of reported rapes =/= amount of rape convictions.

acqq 10y ago

Precisely, there are no statistics from 2016, they published the old information. And if the statistics are done like in France, they aren't even allowed to note which religion the suspect has, so some simple statistics that would give such a relation are by definition not possible to make. On one side, it's true, the free society is not supposed to look in the people's heads. On another side, if the perpetrators explicitly tell you why they do what they do, it's really, really wrong discarding that information. The policies that disallow the access to the non-biased facts are serious limitation in more than one land. As an example in the US, there's this 2001 "Guideline" for the "professional journalists": http://www.spj.org/divguidelines.asp http://www.spj.org/divguidelines.asp

gaff33 10y ago

> the level [of lethal violence] in 2015 – when a total of 112 cases of lethal violence were reported – was higher than for many years. > he statistics also show that 17 people were killed with firearms in 2011, while the corresponding figure in 2015 was 33. This is the part that's ironic - if the US had the same per-capita lethal violence rate as Sweeden except for immigrants who we'll assume murder 100 times as often, it would still be a lot safer than the US is currently!