"There's no evidence whatsoever that Brexit vote caused any rise in hate crimes," says @JuliaHB1.pic.twitter.com/CsKjoIMhM4
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Are you suggesting people make this sort of thing up? If so, provide some evidence to support that assertion, please.
She is. It's a convenient - if batty - fiction for those who have an ideological interest in downplaying racism.
What an extraordinary thing to claim. You are simply ignoring the facts. Please go away and insult someone else.
You're on my timeline, Julia. I suggest you go peddle your apologism elsewhere.
I don't follow you, jo. Why don't you block me so you don't have get upset about me tweeting actual facts.
I don't get upset by you Julia. I get amused by you.
How nice for you, but then I suppose I don't call you stupid, dishonest and racist, do I? What an unpleasant little man you are.
From you, I take that as a compliment.
I believe thousands of reports were about Nigel Farage causing Brexit which they perceived as a "hate crime". Crass stupidity from a QC!
Isn't everything? If I wish my neighbour Happy Christmas, that could he seen as a racially motivated hate crime. So I don't talk to him. That's unfriendly so possibly a hate crime.
Hindu friend putting up Xmas decorations in front garden. ‘Why r u doing this? ‘Hindus have many Gods/1 more no problem’ That’s integration
'Brexit led to an increase in people making up hate crimes' is a hot take, insightful
Despite the initials after 'Remainer' Maugham's name, he doesn't know much about crime reporting... or his cognitive bias is on display.
The analysis of reported & recorded crime is to say the least, problematic, due to various issues that influence statistics.
A spike (either up or down) in reported / recorded crime, does not necessarily reflect an actual spike in offences. Factors such as....
... police activity, method of recording / coding offence types, media coverage, performance targets, perception of victims etc, can...
... be reflected in statistical changes. Other offences such as sexual crimes are similarly effected - willingness of victims to contact...
... police etc. This is a well known problem within the worlds of law enforcement, statistics etc. Hence the use of crime surveys or....
... caution when analysing crime stats.
I will give you a hypothetical example. Police Force Plodshire is set a performance target of increasing reporting of Hate Crime X by 5%.
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