Quote:
Originally Posted by JMintzer
Where is the exaggeration that 13% of the population commit about 50% of the homicides and 60% of the violent crimes?
(actually about 1/2 of that number, since the majority of the homicides/violent crimes are committed by males...)
|
I remember the numbers given as 76% and 12% but I haven't gone back to check. The actual numbers are surprisingly hard to find.
__________________
Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.
Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough
|