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Everyone knows that crime stats are very misleading because 1) The DA is simply not prosecuting lots of crime, and downgrading many prosecutions (felonies pros
by alanh 5y ago
Everyone knows that crime stats are very misleading because
1) The DA is simply not prosecuting lots of crime, and downgrading many prosecutions (felonies prosecuted as misdemeanors or not at all), and
2) Due to above and a general perception that most crimes aren’t prosecuted, dramatically fewer reports are filed at all
- awb 5y agoWhat’s a better metric? Anecdata and eye witness reporting can be misleading too.