by TheAntiDoomer » Mon 22 Mar 2010, 22:18:54
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Niagara', 'T')he reason crime rates are lower is very simple. Many felonies have been downgraded to misdemeanor status; minor offenses get swept under the carpet because the justice system is overburdened.
This is utterly untrue. If you compare the same categories over the years, they have gone down. E.g. the murder rate has gone down, the rape rate has gone down, etc. It has nothing to do with how they are categorized.
For example, here are burglary rates. A burglary now has the same definition it did 30 and 50 years ago. It has nothing to do with misdemeanor status or anything like that.
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