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How do you know that? And what is a “serious” crime here. Anecdotally, it seems like every white lawyer Ive gotten to know has had dui, hard drugs, and more res
by xphilter 5y ago
How do you know that? And what is a “serious” crime here. Anecdotally, it seems like every white lawyer Ive gotten to know has had dui, hard drugs, and more resulting in warnings rather than arrests.
- areyousure 5y agoThe "crime rate" or "index" counts the number of Uniform Crime Report Part I "index crimes". These "serious" crimes are the following: aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder, and robbery (violent), and arson, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft (property). https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/criminal-justice/crime/part-i-offenses https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/criminal-justice/cr...
- xphilter 5y agoThank you for the citation. But your citation (on purpose or not) basically says the opposite of the parent comment. It seems even “serious” crime stats are manipulated by police: “ A common thread running through many of the incidents of police officials' alteration of crime statistics is that police commanders responded to pressure from politicians, the media, and the public to lower crime rates by downgrading felonies by intentionally mislabeling felonies, such as aggravated assault and burglary, as misdemeanors. Such a practice deflates rates of serious crimes and inflates rates of nonserious crimes.”