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You're assuming that crime is reported with the same reliability.
by dleslie 5y ago
You're assuming that crime is reported with the same reliability.
- ryan_lane 5y agoThis is fear mongering, and works in both directions. You're assuming that older crime stats were reported with more reliability.
- dleslie 5y agoSure, that's something to consider. What I've read leads me to believe that less crime is reported due to increasing lack of faith in the criminal justice system. Here in Canada, it's hard to trust any crime stats because of this: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/more-crimes-going-unreported-survey-1.897562 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/more-crimes-going-unreported-... https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/is-crime-in-canada-really-declining-mli-study-questions-statscans-numbers/ https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/is-crime-in-canada-really-declin...