[extropy-chat] If the nonUS citizens voted in Nov 2 elections...

[BillK]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:57:46 +0930, Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:07:16 -0700 (PDT), Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > So little crime is actually reported to police in europe (and so few
> > police actually keep track of it) that it is meaningless to go by
> > police reports. You need to survey the population, instead.
> >
> 
> Do you have such a survey?
> 

It is almost a futile exercise to compare crime statistics between countries.
What is analysed as a serious crime in one country might only be
counted as a misdemeanour in another. The circumstances and problems
are different from country to country. Some countries have more guns
available. Some countries have a criminal refugee problem. In some
countries the police are corrupt. In some countries law and order has
virtually broken down. In some countries the actual collection of
crime figures is very dubious.

Your only chance of good comparisons are where the countries are
virtually identical, and then they will probably have identical crime
stats as well.  :)

BillK