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Crime can be down and there also can be organized theft rings. Do you see why?
by JohnMakin 3y ago
Crime can be down and there also can be organized theft rings. Do you see why?
- readthenotes1 3y agoThe most obvious reason why is that by crime you mean reported crime, and by reported crime you mean reported crime reported to the FBI. (E.G., https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/08/15/see-if-police-in-your-state-reported-crime-data-to-the-fbi https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/08/15/see-if-police-...)
- iwanttocomment 3y agoThere seems to be an essential confusion between police refusing to investigate low-level theft without bodily harm (non-felony shoplifting, snatch-and-run, hit-and-run without injury) and the resulting (and inaccurate) lower crime rates. While not necessarily true of more serious (high-value or violent crimes) it is entirely possible for actual minor crime rates to rise while reported crime rates decrease.
- JohnMakin 3y agoSure, but the parent I responded to seems to be trying to make an "aha!" here based on the fact that there are in fact crime rings, that crime is not actually down, which is a completely fallacious conclusion.