Generally-speaking, people in the US are more-concerned about crime than last year, and generally-speaking, over time, each year, believe that crime is up.
Overall, crime has actually pretty substantially fallen over the past three decades.
I am really disappointed in how crime is reported in the US. I think it contributes to the lack of police reform. If the average person actually had a good picture of what is going on, including with policing, we could have such a better situation in the US. More folks would be pushing for effective law enforcement reform.
It's waaaaaaay less than half. And it only gets to half because you "need" a police report for many insurance claims that are crime related. Robbery, injuries, vandalism, etc.
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tal@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 2y
Generally-speaking, people in the US are more-concerned about crime than last year, and generally-speaking, over time, each year, believe that crime is up.
Overall, crime has actually pretty substantially fallen over the past three decades.
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Its very difficult to change peoples minds because the media strives to promote violence as the #1 news story most of the time.
The belief is ingrained and even data from FBI isnt enough to sway them
tal@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 2y
"Nobody got mugged" doesn't draw a lot of clicks.
And there's the Summer of the Shark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_the_Shark
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y
I had actually forgotten about that. Sept. 11 kinda over shadowed everything that happened in the 2000’s.
rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I am really disappointed in how crime is reported in the US. I think it contributes to the lack of police reform. If the average person actually had a good picture of what is going on, including with policing, we could have such a better situation in the US. More folks would be pushing for effective law enforcement reform.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
I like this gem:
"We don't know about things we don't know about." Yes, that's generally how it works.
catloaf@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
I suppose it is relevant to identify the known unknowns.
randoot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Fear mongering gets clicks and views, so that's what news/websites feed us 24hrs. We can blame them but really it's our own fault.
TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
It's waaaaaaay less than half. And it only gets to half because you "need" a police report for many insurance claims that are crime related. Robbery, injuries, vandalism, etc.
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