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It's almost as if we need to decouple our feelings of crime, and rely on actual data.
It's also easy to pick and choose the data you use to support your case, for example saying we have less crime, while particular types of crime, or crime in a particular area, is on the way up.
Lies and statistics.
Is it though? I haven't seen any data suggesting it is.
It's not entirely clear how much exactly, but it has.
Thank you for that.
I have re-read your original article, and I think it's point is that the way crime is reported on does not match the reality of the situation, and that the 'tough on crime/soft on crime' rhetoric currently in the news cycle is not new and has nothing to do with actual crime rates. To this i agree.
As to the recent crime rates, they are overall trending downwards. However, as the article you linked pointed out, certain types of crime are on the rise. I would say it is important to try and understand why this is the case, and address the underlying causes, rather than increasing sentences or other harsher punishments. My reasoning is that we have been on the right track with our current approach, so we should not throw out the rehabilitation mindset just because it feels good to punish criminals more harshly.