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Yeah I think it would be good to cross-check all government statistics against polls from groups such as Gallup, to get a sense of what's being reported.
by 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
Yeah I think it would be good to cross-check all government statistics against polls from groups such as Gallup, to get a sense of what's being reported.
- Braxton1980 1y agoSince statistics are gathered by cities and aggregated at the state then federal level it protects against a small number of bad actors from manipulating the data. Finally the same reasons that cause underreporting today existed in the past. 1. Not reporting low level crimes feeling as it has no point. 2. Criminals not reporting when they are the victims of a crime out of fear. 3. When the victim takes the matter of into their own hands I'll even suggest that due to racism and lack of accountability in the past it's possible more criminal complaints were ignored compared to today.
- godelski 1y agoGot you covered! They use FBI data for reported crimes as well as BJS data which interviews people and ask them if they have been the victim of a crime. It's probably worth taking a minute or two to read their short explanation as I think it is not what people are assuming. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45588459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45588459