Crime isn’t at a 20-year high, but concern about it is. Partly prospect theory (getting worse/better matters, not just overall level), and part reminds me that the US murder rate was higher in the 1980s but people thought it was higher in the ‘90s. In the ‘90s, more murder on TV.https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1410904505340895233 …
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Public perception of crime and actual data on crime often don’t correlate. These graphs run 1993-2016. You can see the actual drop in crime reflected in perception at first, but then perceived crime rose as actual violent crime kept declining. Most likely explanation is media.pic.twitter.com/awCwS5gY3i
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Haha, "crime is decreased by decriminalization" Genius Now show the non violent crime rate...
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Did they decriminalize murder or rape? This is about violent crime . . .
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Is it? Then why do the data sets of the graphs state "crime" and "violent crime" contradictorily? Why did he use the word "often" and why use 2016 data rather than current event data which is that crime (not just violent crime) is rising recently in face of decriminalization?
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It isn't contradictory, violent crime is a subset of crime. Your quibble should be for the chart to use the general "crime" stat. Perhaps, but this does not disprove the hypothesis.
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It is not presented as a hypothesis. It is presented as a conclusion based on stats that do not reflect each other. If "perceived" apple consumption rises and one says it is not rising because crab apple consumption is the same... Then one would surely be disingenuous at best.
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It would be disingenuous to include crab apple consumption because it is a rarity, you can't possibly say violent crime is a rare subset of crime.
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Haha you CAN when you look at actual data instead of propaganda generated by political and emotional manipulation.pic.twitter.com/t0pfQURiCE
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That does not have any other year comparison data so it isnt really the proof or gotcha you think it is.
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