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What’s new about these incentives? Why would this be happening now, uniquely?

• hx8 3y ago
  It describes a process in which crime reporting progressively gets further from the ground truth over time. This isn't new.
  • jeremyjh 3y ago
    All of those incentives were in play 50 years ago. You may as well say you just don't like statistics that you disagree with.
    • hx8 3y ago
      As discussed in the bullet points, those incentives create a sort of natural selection which changes how the statistics are reported over time. It's not like we are measuring length or temperature. The data has a degree of human subjectivity when being recorded. It seems normal for that subjectivity to shift over time, especially when we are taking about different humans over timespans of decades.
• Izkata 3y ago
  Things like theft under $950 being classified as a misdemeanor in California (happened in 2021 IIRC), which makes it far less likely the cops will do anything about it, de-facto legalizing theft. This isn't the only place it's happened, it's just the one that got the most visibility.
  • ethanbond 3y ago
    That happened in 2014. So recent-ish, but people started being really loud about it in 2021 as part of the same non-data-backed outrage.
    • HonestOp001 3y ago
      It is a knock on effect. As decency decays and criminals figure out what the new rules are it gets amplified.