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> The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century, according to data published this month by the C
by nostromo 5y ago
> The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century, according to data published this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/health/us-homicide-rate-increase-nchs-study/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/health/us-homicide-rate-incre...
- altacc 5y agoWhere’s the link to reduced policing? Crime rates are most definitely not as simple an equation as more police = less crime. There’s a myriad of factors at work and taking any simple assumption of a single cause and effect is bound to be wrong.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoI really hate news articles that talk about an increase in rate yet only show a graph of absolute numbers to reason about it.