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This is pretty crazy. If true, murder rates are extremely sensitive to public perception of the system. This means that the most rudimentary status-quo thought
by conanbatt 5y ago
This is pretty crazy. If true, murder rates are extremely sensitive to public perception of the system.
This means that the most rudimentary status-quo thought of protecting the police image as an end of itself is actually the most utilitarian position of all.
- dec0dedab0de 5y agoMaybe as faith in the system declines, people are more likely to take matters into their own hands. So some of the murders would have previously been police killings, or arrests.
- bingbong70 5y agoI think this has some truth to it. People that can't trust the criminal justice system handle problems outside of the system and I don't think it's a negligible % of total murders. Community justice takes over and skews overall crime data for certain communities.
- nabla9 5y agoI don't think this is the most likely explanation. The Article points out various explanations. The impact on murders and crime seems to be short lived, compared to police homicides. That's also good sign.