And, while the site claims that homicide is a very good indicator of overall crime rates, it does not necessarily show all crimes. And, in this case, nothing is showing anything about the crimes commited.
Consider, as a potential example, that teens who play violent video games start killing adults, at the same time that adult upon adult homicides had dropped to near zero. The graphs could well show just as they are - because the graphs don't show anything about the perpetrators. Just the victims.
I have no vested interest in proving either case, either way. Unlike the author who, it seems to me, misused or misunderstood the statistics he cited.
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Date: 2005-08-02 05:42 am (UTC)The second graph shows the ages of victims.
And, while the site claims that homicide is a very good indicator of overall crime rates, it does not necessarily show all crimes. And, in this case, nothing is showing anything about the crimes commited.
Consider, as a potential example, that teens who play violent video games start killing adults, at the same time that adult upon adult homicides had dropped to near zero. The graphs could well show just as they are - because the graphs don't show anything about the perpetrators. Just the victims.
I have no vested interest in proving either case, either way. Unlike the author who, it seems to me, misused or misunderstood the statistics he cited.