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America is probably comparable in violent crimes to more racially/religiously/culturally diverse countries in Europe. Like France, or UK. I'm just guessing thou

America is probably comparable in violent crimes to more racially/religiously/culturally diverse countries in Europe. Like France, or UK. I'm just guessing though.

numbers_guy 6y ago
Not by the metric of intentional homicides. The US even has a higher rate than North Africa with the the only exception of Sudan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intenti...
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- pedroma 6y ago
  There's not much point listing homicide rates when it's so much easier to kill someone in America. What's more interesting are cases of violent crimes. Though considering how much more diverse the United States is, it's probably stupid for me to assume France/UK could compete with us on genericized "violent crimes" either.
- tryonenow 6y ago
  If you remove the contribution of one specific demographic from gun violence statistics, the US rate of gun violence is one of the lowest in the world, despite one of the highest rates of gun ownership.
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dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
Cultural diversity is a strong factor, but not the only one: it depends which cultures are mixed up. For example Asians like Vietnamese etc. rarely cause any trouble. If so, it seems like they are the ones attacked (like now in the USA). Some other cultures seem much more bellicose. Finding the root cases of their resentment and eradicating them - without causing collateral damage - should be the main task of politicians, educators and society in general.
danielscrubs 6y ago
Murder rate per capita is around 4x-5x higher in US compared to France. That doesn’t mean US is bad overall, you take the good with the bad. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Murder-rate https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Murder...
- pedroma 6y ago
  Sorry about not being clear, but I really did mean violent crime and not homicides.
IkmoIkmo 6y ago
Would be nice if you could not guess (and post) something that takes as much time to google as it takes to post, especially when it's wrong... Not trying to be snarky, apologies in advance.
- pedroma 6y ago
  Yeah... about that. If you've found something already, mind posting a link, because I really can't find a good source. By the way, I did mean "violent crime" and not homicides/murders.

America is probably comparable in violent crimes to more racially/religiously/culturally diverse countries in Europe. Like France, or UK. I'm just guessing though.

numbers_guy 6y ago

Not by the metric of intentional homicides. The US even has a higher rate than North Africa with the the only exception of Sudan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intenti...

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pedroma 6y ago
There's not much point listing homicide rates when it's so much easier to kill someone in America. What's more interesting are cases of violent crimes. Though considering how much more diverse the United States is, it's probably stupid for me to assume France/UK could compete with us on genericized "violent crimes" either.
tryonenow 6y ago
If you remove the contribution of one specific demographic from gun violence statistics, the US rate of gun violence is one of the lowest in the world, despite one of the highest rates of gun ownership.
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dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

Cultural diversity is a strong factor, but not the only one: it depends which cultures are mixed up. For example Asians like Vietnamese etc. rarely cause any trouble. If so, it seems like they are the ones attacked (like now in the USA). Some other cultures seem much more bellicose. Finding the root cases of their resentment and eradicating them - without causing collateral damage - should be the main task of politicians, educators and society in general.

danielscrubs 6y ago

Murder rate per capita is around 4x-5x higher in US compared to France. That doesn’t mean US is bad overall, you take the good with the bad. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Murder-rate https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Murder...

pedroma 6y ago
Sorry about not being clear, but I really did mean violent crime and not homicides.

IkmoIkmo 6y ago

Would be nice if you could not guess (and post) something that takes as much time to google as it takes to post, especially when it's wrong... Not trying to be snarky, apologies in advance.

pedroma 6y ago
Yeah... about that. If you've found something already, mind posting a link, because I really can't find a good source. By the way, I did mean "violent crime" and not homicides/murders.