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The Flaws in Crime Statistics
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Crime statistics are not statistics about crime, but rather statistics about reported crime, and there are many factors that could increase reported crime without actually increasing crime itself.
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Crime statistics are not accurate measurements of actual crime, as they are based solely on reported cases to police departments.
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Crime
Summary
Crime statistics are not accurate measurements of actual crime, as they are based solely on reported cases to police departments. This leads to a debate on whether the decrease in crime reports is due to better policing or people’s lack of trust in the police.
ChapterThe Flaws in Crime Statistics
EpisodeFreakonomics
PodcastIf Books Could Kill
Levitt and John Donahue from Stanford Law School argued in their book that the decline in crime since the early 1990s can be linked to Roe v Wade and the utilization of abortion by poor communities, who are the most likely to seek the procedure.
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Abortion
Summary
Levitt and John Donahue from Stanford Law School argued in their book that the decline in crime since the early 1990s can be linked to Roe v Wade and the utilization of abortion by poor communities, who are the most likely to seek the procedure.