Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • MelllvarEnglish
    21·
    3 years ago

    That’s not really my point, is it?

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 years ago

      Well, what is your point? If we can’t trust the statistics we do have “because police are just making them up”, then … we know nothing at all about crime levels? That doesn’t seem helpful. You must have some idea of what could be done better.

      • MelllvarEnglish
        13·
        3 years ago

        Exactly what I said. That the data is thin.

        you must have some idea of what could be done better.

        If I don’t, does that invalidate my point? Does the cited data become more reliable somehow?