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> If we assume that lawbreaking is spread throughout the entire population i think you are saying how people act is evenly distributed across the population bu
by zaphirplane 7y ago
> If we assume that lawbreaking is spread throughout the entire population
i think you are saying how people act is evenly distributed across the population but different areas have different laws about that action.
That is an assumption to further a point, I see no reason for that to be true because different states and suburbs are not homogeneous.
If what your assumption is correct we would have similar crime rates across suburbs within a state.
different suburbs do not have the same crime rates for say armed robbery and in a country different states would have different rates( where the laws are the same)
Sometimes the rates are similar because of their lack of statistical significance I don’t know say suicide by toaster in the bath tub
- SkyBelow 7y ago>That is an assumption to further a point, I see no reason for that to be true because different states and suburbs are not homogeneous. I think it does hold true when you average on the national level and look at a global scale. Not every nation is equal, but there should be many nations which are close enough. The idea is that behavior that is often viewed as criminal in the US isn't significantly higher than at least one other country such as Germany, France, UK, or Netherlands yet the rate of prisoners is. That different areas within a country might have different crime rates don't matter as what we are concerned with is the national average.