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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Interesting to compare that to the longer-term data that's available: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240725/cg-b002-eng.htm

Apparently the numbers don't match because they expanded the definition of "violent crime" — so I guess whatever new offenses were added to it must account for most of whatever that huge decline circa 2014 was about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Oh that’s interesting, I didn’t realize that. Thanks for the info.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

That's an obvious explanation of why the reported numbers change but most of the population can't process the information.

It requires a multi-step of thinking to understand and reverses the assumed conclusion when people first look at the numbers.

its just like when people look at violent crime rates in the 1960's-90's. The reported crime rates were steadily increasing even while the actual violent crime rates fell. What changed was a societal acceptance of what constituted a violent crime.

Suddenly beating the shit out of somebody with a different skin color, your kids, or wife was no longer considered a fun weekend activity and was instead a violent crime.