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> Just look at homicides. A dead body is somewhat impossible to hide from the statistics. Actually it's been posited before that Japan reclassifies murders as
by Judgmentality 8y ago
> Just look at homicides. A dead body is somewhat impossible to hide from the statistics.
Actually it's been posited before that Japan reclassifies murders as suicides in order to skew the data, and some believe other countries are doing this as well. There is a correlation between countries with low murder rates and high suicide rates.
http://freakonomics.com/2009/10/29/fewer-murders-more-suicide/ http://freakonomics.com/2009/10/29/fewer-murders-more-suicid...
- Pfhreak 8y agoIs that what you believe is happening in the parent post?
- Judgmentality 8y agoI think it's one of many confounding factors that detracts from the ultimate conclusion "violent crime is down." As others have pointed out better trauma response could also be a factor in this trend. In fact, the suicide rate in the US is the highest it's been in decades. https://psmag.com/news/the-suicide-rate-is-at-its-highest-in-a-half-century https://psmag.com/news/the-suicide-rate-is-at-its-highest-in... I know at least one instance where there was a lot of controversy over the police ruling it a suicide and stopped the investigation there. Not everybody in the victim's family agreed but they decided not to challenge the police.