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1) It's great that homicides are decreasing. But while homicides are one way of measuring crime, there are others. I think many people are saying that the dive
by nkurz 3y ago
1) It's great that homicides are decreasing. But while homicides are one way of measuring crime, there are others. I think many people are saying that the divergence is increasing between homicides and other crimes. Would you agree with the GP that "crime" can be increasing even if homicides are decreasing?
2) While it's rare, there are some well documented cases where "dead bodies" get hidden in the US by unscrupulous police trying to look better in statistics. Here's Chicago from a decade ago: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/chicago-crime-statistics/chicago-crime-rates/ https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/chicago-crime-st...