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This feels like fear mongering to me. Current crime levels are no where near to what they were during heights of the 80s. It feels like cities are a victim of
by azemetre 4y ago
This feels like fear mongering to me. Current crime levels are no where near to what they were during heights of the 80s.
It feels like cities are a victim of their own success. If you had prolonged periods of low crime, any sudden increase is going to look “scary.” For example, jumping from 5 muggings to 10 is 100% increase but holistically how do those numbers fare? Turns out very well, but if you were to listen to the media you’d think NYC was some 80s Kurt Russel film.
- Spartan-S63 4y agoAdditionally, suburban and rural crime is rising just as quickly as urban crime. This isn't just an urban problem or an argument that dense cities are bad. It's simply that crime is rising in this time of social and economic uncertainty coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- google234123 4y agoI would say fear mongering is worth it if it helps reduce crime. There is now a large swath of people (many of them politicians and prosecutors) that seem to care and talk more about criminals than the actual victims.