Ravenwood - 01/27/04 06:15 AM
It comes as no surprise that violent crime continues to rise in "gun free" Europe. But check out this exerpt from The Sun.
Britain dominates the top five in the crime league of Western countries, with only Sweden above them.Violent crime in England is more than double that of the U.S., yet we are the ones "known for violent crime".England and Wales have 10,608 crimes for every 100,000 citizens, followed by Scotland and Northern Ireland with 8,315.
Germany has 7,734, France 6,880 and America -- known for violent crime -- just 4,157.
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Only 4157 per 100K? I didn't believe that at first, but it appears to be credible:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/vsx2.htm
Cool!
The one caveat that comes to mind is that different countries define "violent crime" is differnent ways, which makes it difficult to get an accurate comparison, but we are certainly in the right ballpark.
Posted by: MikeSpenis at January 27, 2004 8:57 AMIt's just that when Americans commit a crime, they do it right. Like everything else.
Posted by: Mays at January 27, 2004 9:09 AMhttp://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004033578,00.html
"Statistics in a Home Office report showed that violent crime was up 14 per cent between July and September last year compared with the same period in 2002.
And cases of murder and serious wounding had risen 18 per cent."
Unreal. I've linked to you.
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