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Perhaps because these crimes do not include non-prosecuted white collar finance crimes?

• sorbus 15y ago
  Well, yes. The article is talking about the drop in violent crime, not total crime. On the other hand, I doubt that financial crimes made up for the 5.5% drop in violent crime. There are probably no conclusive figures for non-prosecuted white-collar crimes, though, so all we have is speculation.
  • chopsueyar 15y ago
    In terms of victims or perpetrators? Unlike finance, rapists only have one victim at a time.
    • sorbus 15y ago
      I didn't even think of that - I was considering each crime as being a distinct entity (eg, robbing a group of people counted as only a single crime). By counting victims, which probably makes more sense, financial crimes would more than make up for the decrease in violent crime.