On May 29, 10:12 am, Matt Whiting wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:
The US is on this list, but the UK is now 3rd in the world. So, tell
me again how great things are in the UK...

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...e-total-crimes

Matt, this graph provides a better view since it is normalized per capita:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ime-total-crim...

The U.K. has more crimes per capita than the U.S.!
And New Zealand has the second highest rate in the world!

Thanks, Jim, that is a much better representation. OK, Chris, your
turn. :-)

Matt

Wow, that's bizarre!

I would never have thought we'd be that high on the list - doesn't gel
with what I read in the newspapers and so on. I would bet that the
note on the bottom regarding different rates of reporting of crimes in
different countries probably means the list is not that representative
of reality, unfortunately.

I would be interested to see that list broken down into type of crime
- our pathetic justice system certainly doesn't help our figures
though - you could probably name any crime and it's associated
sentence in the US and ours would not be as tough