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TreyHouston wrote:But don't forget Dallas shootings! New Black Panther and BLM members "wanted to shoot WHITE cops", NOT a HATE CRIME, just a deranged person..... It sickens me....
It is not a hate crime. We don't have hate crimes in Texas. A crime is a crime. No need to differentiate.TreyHouston wrote:But don't forget Dallas shootings! New Black Panther and BLM members "wanted to shoot WHITE cops", NOT a HATE CRIME, just a deranged person..... It sickens me....
Time to ban meat cleavers and hatchets !!philip964 wrote:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... /90432982/
Police officer attacked with meat cleaver. He is hurt pretty bad. He was hit in the face. He was off duty and stepped in to help two of his fellow officers. Unfortunately the BG survived. 18 rounds fired. Hit several times.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NY ... 11721.html
Apparently many in New York conceal carry hatchets and meat cleavers.
Total crimes and crime rate are different concepts.G26ster wrote:Based on the thread title, I'm a bit confused. Every crime rate calculator I look at shows Houston, TX has nearly twice the violent crime rate per 100k as NYC, and NYC has 4 times the population of Houston. What am I missing?
So what is the basis (reliable statistics) for deciding/saying that NYC has a higher crime rate than Houston, or any other city?Excaliber wrote:Total crimes and crime rate are different concepts.G26ster wrote:Based on the thread title, I'm a bit confused. Every crime rate calculator I look at shows Houston, TX has nearly twice the violent crime rate per 100k as NYC, and NYC has 4 times the population of Houston. What am I missing?
Total crimes is the total number of crimes reported. Crime rate is the number of crimes per 100,000 persons in a given population.
Both numbers are influenced by the rate at which crimes are reported (in many rough neighborhoods where people have little confidence many crimes will be investigated or solved, they report in low numbers) and the consistency with which they are categorized by the local law enforcement agency.
These and other factors are why the FBI cautions not to use the UCR statistics as direct comparisons between cities.
Wouldn't this be true for both NYC and Houston?Excaliber wrote:(in many rough neighborhoods where people have little confidence many crimes will be investigated or solved, they report in low numbers)
There is no single statistical source for making a valid direct comparison between cities, and it is indeed possible that Houston has a crime rate similar to NYC, although there would be no comparison using total number of crimes - NYC would be far and away much higher. And yes, the tendency to underreport crimes in high crime areas is true virtually everywhere.G26ster wrote:So what is the basis (reliable statistics) for deciding/saying that NYC has a higher crime rate than Houston, or any other city?Excaliber wrote:Total crimes and crime rate are different concepts.G26ster wrote:Based on the thread title, I'm a bit confused. Every crime rate calculator I look at shows Houston, TX has nearly twice the violent crime rate per 100k as NYC, and NYC has 4 times the population of Houston. What am I missing?
Total crimes is the total number of crimes reported. Crime rate is the number of crimes per 100,000 persons in a given population.
Both numbers are influenced by the rate at which crimes are reported (in many rough neighborhoods where people have little confidence many crimes will be investigated or solved, they report in low numbers) and the consistency with which they are categorized by the local law enforcement agency.
These and other factors are why the FBI cautions not to use the UCR statistics as direct comparisons between cities.
Wouldn't this be true for both NYC and Houston?Excaliber wrote:(in many rough neighborhoods where people have little confidence many crimes will be investigated or solved, they report in low numbers)