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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Replying to @NGrossman81 @chesaboudin
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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Replying to @CyberneticSeman @thebluemagoo99 and
If you care to read the article from which this graph was taken, you'll see that the author twice references a drop in property crime.https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/16/voters-perceptions-of-crime-continue-to-conflict-with-reality/ …
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Replying to @thomas_o_bedlam @thebluemagoo99 and
But my question is... If the overall crime is in fact low and perception high, why not publish overall crime being low instead of telling us that but showing a graph that doesn't reflect that and not state it in the article?
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Replying to @CyberneticSeman @thebluemagoo99 and
That's the graph that Pew made. Your nitpicky complaint is with them. And you're not really asking a question. You're trying to make a point. And it is stated in the article, twice. It's not like violent crime is up and property crime is down. There is no issue here.
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Replying to @thomas_o_bedlam @thebluemagoo99 and
haha, I realize it is the graph Pew made. Read the question again. Realize that it is in fact a question (wow, the delusion is impressive with this one). Then realize that my "complaint with them" is merely pointing out that subsequent points using it as evidence are bunk.pic.twitter.com/PjovccFXr5
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Five responsive tweets, each more pedantic than the last. Interesting choice of gif.
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Replying to @thomas_o_bedlam @CyberneticSeman and
And a block for good measure! Cool.
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