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Fun data, but one question - there is an implicit assumption that prostitution arrests are proportional to the committing of the crimes. I wonder if weekdays sh
by pge 15y ago
Fun data, but one question - there is an implicit assumption that prostitution arrests are proportional to the committing of the crimes. I wonder if weekdays show more prostitution because the cops are busy with other crimes on weekend nights?
- tansey 15y agoThat was the same question I had. It seems that CrimeSpotting measures police reports, which are skewed toward whatever crime the police are cracking down on.
- shashashasha 15y agoA fun anecdote from the Oakland Crimespotting data was that every couple weeks the cops would just do a "sweep" of San Pablo or other major streets for prostitutes, just start at one end then go to the other. I think Wednesdays are more a mark of police patterns than prostitute / john patterns.
- windsurfer 15y agoInteresting theory! Do they have more crimes to deal with on the first Wednesday of every month? Is that why they aren't "sweeping"?
- biafra 15y agoWhy is prostitution a crime in the US?
- ovi256 15y agoThat question and its history would need many pages to be properly explained. I'll just say that a country that looks very similar to yours can do some things in a surprisingly different manner.