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>there could be more police near a group of people who commit the same number of crimes but because there are more police resources, there would be more arrests
by TheOperator 6y ago
>there could be more police near a group of people who commit the same number of crimes but because there are more police resources, there would be more arrests.
There are indeed many factors which would cause the arrest rate to not track the crime rate. Which is why treating the arrest rate as being equivalent to the crime rate is specious.
- CraigJPerry 6y ago>> Which is why treating the arrest rate as being equivalent to the crime rate is specious For genpop, yes, for the specific group of illegal immigrants, no - that subset of the population has far higher penalties and penalties influence behaviour.