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**antilt** · 08-23-2007, 08:59 PM

Sprenger's posting prompted me to take a look at London's crime stats:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ice/article.do

The other issue to do with "crime stats" is that certain crimes have been downgraded by the Police and they don't even bother to turn up so "the crime" never gets recorded. For example a drug addict may go into a shop and steal say £200 worth of goods to fund his next fix but if he's caught and says "sorry" the Police don't get involved! This is British justice today!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...70&expand=true

A burglar can break into your home but should he accidentally fall, the homeowner can be arrested and find himself in court!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...ntruder109.xml

I wouldn't believe any crime stats in the UK produced by the government or the Police, even if John the Baptist was proclaiming them as truthful!
As someone once said, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics!

We do have crime issues here, but whilst there is lies, damn lies and statistics - we also have a bit of a sensationalist media that aren't always 100% accurate either, and in pursuit of their own agenda. That was the heated topics being discussed and which prompted 1 poster to state as fact that, every person in New York would agree with, which is that NYC falling crime is totally down to the policing tactics introduced by Giuliani in 1994/95

I am interested to know if this is an accepted fact amongst New Yorkers or if it is felt to be only a contributing factor.

Do you believe crime stats published by your own government?

08-23-2007, 08:59 PM	#6
antilt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 338 Senior Member	Sprenger's posting prompted me to take a look at London's crime stats: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ice/article.do The other issue to do with "crime stats" is that certain crimes have been downgraded by the Police and they don't even bother to turn up so "the crime" never gets recorded. For example a drug addict may go into a shop and steal say £200 worth of goods to fund his next fix but if he's caught and says "sorry" the Police don't get involved! This is British justice today! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...70&expand=true A burglar can break into your home but should he accidentally fall, the homeowner can be arrested and find himself in court! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...ntruder109.xml I wouldn't believe any crime stats in the UK produced by the government or the Police, even if John the Baptist was proclaiming them as truthful! As someone once said, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics! We do have crime issues here, but whilst there is lies, damn lies and statistics - we also have a bit of a sensationalist media that aren't always 100% accurate either, and in pursuit of their own agenda. That was the heated topics being discussed and which prompted 1 poster to state as fact that, every person in New York would agree with, which is that NYC falling crime is totally down to the policing tactics introduced by Giuliani in 1994/95 I am interested to know if this is an accepted fact amongst New Yorkers or if it is felt to be only a contributing factor. Do you believe crime stats published by your own government?
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