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I certainly don't, and I think these are important and fascinating questions. Do you have any evidence to suggest the definition of violent crime has changed a
by hammerzeit 13y ago
I certainly don't, and I think these are important and fascinating questions.
Do you have any evidence to suggest the definition of violent crime has changed at all? I'd be very curious if that were the case. In the absence of evidence, though, I'll continue going with what I understand to be the generally-accepted theory that crime rose dramatically throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
- whiddershins 13y agoAnecdotally, we Americans are considerably less tolerant of violence that we were decades ago. What used to be a "pop in the nose" in now assault. What used to be a schoolyard scuffle is now a suspension, counseling, and possibly medication, possibly arrest. Whether that has any bearing whatsoever on crime stats, I have no idea. It could even be a response to crime going down, or completely unrelated. It would be really interesting to try to figure it out.