Down! So why is the perception nationwide that crime is out of control? Bad news bias When the media reports on crime, it almost always focuses on grim stories. A recent analysis by Bloomberg found that headlines about shootings in New York City recently increased while the actual number of shootings remained relatively flat. The old cliché here is that if it bleeds, it leads. The constant stream of bad news is one reason, experts say, that Americans consistently say crime is getting worse when it is not. Between the 1990s and 2014, crime — including violent crime and murders — fell more than 50 percent across the U.S. Yet for most of that time, a majority of Americans told Gallup that crime was up compared to the year before. The bad news bias potentially leaves Americans more scared for their safety than they should be. It also may drive more people to believe that punitive criminal justice policies are needed, or that reforms are increasing crime when they are not. In a speech last month, for example, Donald Trump recounted several recent murders in grisly detail and called for “tough,” “nasty” and “mean” anti-crime policies. A balanced view Experts caution against making too much of the year’s trends. The decreases so far are relatively small, and they could end up a blip. Robberies and some property crimes are up in big U.S. cities. And America still has far more gun violence than its peers, largely because of widespread gun ownership. The murder rate “is still significantly higher than it was two or three years ago,” said Jeff Asher, co-founder of AH Datalytics, which tracks U.S. crime data. But the trend, right now, is heading in a good direction. For an accurate view of crime in the U.S., Americans need to hear that. LINK
But @Federal Farmer and Peter Doocey feel that it is higher so don’t you dare point out the facts or you’ll be attacking them because you obviously have nothing.
It goes back to that old Bill Hicks bit... "You turn on the news, and it's 'Murder!! Death! Mayhem!! Murder!! Death!! Mayhem!! Murder!! Death! Chaos!!' then you poke your head outside your window, and it's... ".
might have something to do with this? It really is a decent apartment above a meth lab here... or a rape factory STAT Canada United States HISTORY Age of criminal responsibility12 Ranked 35th. Twice as much as United States6 Ranked 58th. Crime levels39.03 Ranked 53th.55.84 Ranked 30th. 43% more than Canada Drugs > Annual cannabis use12.6% Ranked 2nd.13.7% Ranked 1st. 9% more than Canada Drugs > Opiates use0.4% Ranked 9th.0.57% Ranked 3rd. 42% more than Canada Murder rate2.055 Police officers191.4 Ranked 25th.243.6 Ranked 27th. 27% more than Canada Rape rate1.7 Ranked 47th.27.3 Ranked 9th. 16 times more than Canada Total crimes2.52 million Ranked 8th.11.88 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Canada Total crimes per 100080.25 Ranked 10th. 94% more than United States41.29 Ranked 22nd. Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents30.8 Ranked 13th.88.8 Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Canada Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate1.56 Ranked 12th.4.7 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Canada Violent crime > Murder rate554 Ranked 31st.12,996 Ranked 9th. 23 times more than Canada Violent crime > Murder rate per million people16.23 Ranked 62nd.42.01 Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Canada Violent crime > Rapes576 Ranked 28th.84,767 Ranked 1st. 147 times more than Canada Violent crime > Rapes per million people16.88 Ranked 47th.274.04 Ranked 9th. 16 times more than Canada
