Crime Rates

For John, BLUF:  .  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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My sense is that people believe crime is up.  However, overall statistics, both here and across the pond, suggest it is down and has been for over a decade.  Here is a report from the weekly news magazine, The Economist.

The sub-headline is "The rich world is seeing less and less crime, even in the face of high unemployment and economic stagnation".  A nice thing about the article is that it explores a number of possible reasons for the falling crime rate.  I expect there is some fiction out there about why there are falling crime rates, but something is happening.  One thing that caught my attention is that crime has fallen further in England and Wales than in the US, although it is down in both areas.♠

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Do you think The Economist has already decided it will be a YES vote in September and Scotland will be on its own?  The vote will be on Thursday, the 18th of September, just over a week after our primary.