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Semaphor on Nov 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: A turf war and a botched contract landed two pente...

Just to take one example: The UK records violent crimes that are not violent crimes in the US. So yes, violent crimes are higher in the UK. But they’d soar in the US if they’d use the same definition.

jakeogh on Nov 19, 2019 [–]

Possible! Source please.

Ref:

https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/www-telegraph-co-uk.pdf

"2034[1] vs 466 Violent Crimes UK vs US per 100k people"

[1] The July 2009 Telegraph article says "over 2000"

Semaphor on Nov 19, 2019 | [–]

https://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checki...

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... (section 5.1)

jakeogh on Nov 19, 2019 | | [–]

Excellent, thank you.

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