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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Everyone knows that homicide is the only police stat that is trustworthy. David Simon even did a whole season of The Wire about it. DC already jukes the stats on “violent crime” in quite obvious ways, for example, only reporting stats for ADW but not for simple and aggravated assault, which is data they are presumably providing to the FBI.[/quote] This. Homicide rates are the indicator for serious violence in a region, they basically can't be faked. I don't trust aggregate "violent crime" stats because serious instances of violence like homicide are swamped by decisions on whether or not to charge minor assaults or robberies.[/quote]
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