While I do believe fear of crime has increased due to the media, I do not think it is accurate to say that crime has decreased just by looking at FBI statistics. It is much more nuanced than that. Thanks for reading!
Not to be a negative Nancyโฆ but this is why data triangulation is so important. You will not get the full picture of crime just by looking at FBI statistics โฆ (continued below)
1. There are still a lot of people with very large microphones talking about the violent "crime wave" sweeping the United States
But yesterday, the FBI released nationwide crime data for 2022 that tells a very different story
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One thing that is puzzling is the discrepancy for robbery statistics between NIBRS and the NCVS. NIBRS shows a huge decrease while NCVS shows an increase over the past 5 years plus an increase in reporting ๐ค. Does anyone know what is going on?
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