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> combination of solutions A and B That's not what ShotSpotter is selling. They're selling A. They tell you to buy A and it will reduce crime, increase arrests
by smt88 2y ago
> combination of solutions A and B
That's not what ShotSpotter is selling. They're selling A. They tell you to buy A and it will reduce crime, increase arrests, or both.
What exactly do you think B is, anyway?
Your idea not to isolate variables is exactly what leads to bad science.
- StressedDev 2y agoThe OP never said ShotSpotter is selling A and B. The OP is making a general statement. Note I could see ShotSpotter combined with something else as being an effective crime fighting tool. I could also see ShotSpotter never working well.
- smt88 2y agoWhat is an example of the "something else"? Everything works better if you combine it with an unnamed, unknown thing that makes it betters. It's a nonsense assertion.
- ljsprague 2y agoAggressive law enforcement.
- smt88 2y agoSo you think the police were responding to ShotSpotter alerts and bringing people hamburgers? We already know "aggressive law enforcement" reduces crime. If you put enough young men in prison for loitering, marijuana, and other victimless offenses, crime will go down because you have accidentally arrested a few would-be violent offenders. But that's insanely unjust and expensive, so people pitch us things like ShotSpotter to make cops smarter.
- darby_nine 2y ago> We already know "aggressive law enforcement" reduces crime. Sure at a greater expense to the taxpayer than every single alternative tactic to crime reduction. Smells like a jobs program to me.....
- smt88 2y agoI agree.
- zimpenfish 2y ago> If you put enough young men in prison I have a vague memory of some quote about "if you want to solve crime, keep young men off the streets until they're 25 and you'll have eliminated 90% of crime but that's not a workable policy" (and about 90% of traffic accidents, I reckon.) > insanely unjust and expensive Definitely that.
- phendrenad2 2y agoWhere did I say to not isolate the variables? In fact, part of isolating the variables is understanding that any conclusions you make while testing A are exclusive to A and adding more variables might completely change the results. That's good science.