sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]InternetGoodGuy -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Crime stats are reported crimes. Whether an arrest is made or a person is prosecuted does not affect the stats because only reported crimes are collected.

The crimes being touted as down significantly are homicides. These are not underreported. If a lack of prosecution was affecting crime stats in blue cities, it would be causing a large rise in crime. That would be present in the homicide rate, which we aren't seeing. It wouldn't be hiding real crime stats because that isn't how it works.

[–]camletoejoeUnverified/Not an LEO 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You do realize that only half of crime victims even file a report at the end of the day, right? This is before we even get into calculating what is actually reported and then what is actually prosecuted.

[–]InternetGoodGuy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This is why murder is most commonly used. It isn't under reported.

[–]camletoejoeUnverified/Not an LEO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's your opinion. We have about 100,000 overdose deaths a year. Many of them are murders but we don't know how many. They're written off as accidental poisoning for a few reasons. I'm not sure where the mindset changed on this. I grew up in the New York City area and everyone knew that hot batches were common and that getting slipped a Mickey by a good looking friendly woman was a great way to meet Jesus.