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proxy
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I've lived in major american cities across the country for my entire life during that time period, crime has steadily declined. on the data side there isn't really disagreement about that. what explains the widespread sentiment that crime is rising? why do so many people believe that cities, in general, are overrun by crime and underpoliced? most interesting to me is that people across regions, demographics, political affiliation are extremely concerned about U.S. (national) crime & routinely think its worse than the year before. but those same respondents, again across the board, are far less worried about crime's seriousness in their local area. they still think its worse than before. it's almost accepted wisdom at this point. what explains the gap in data & sentiment? and perceptions of local crime (not bad but more than before) vs. national crime (bad & getting worse!)
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kia
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is the data measuring what people call crime?
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proxy
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I’ll look to see, but I think the trend would remain similar regardless across the timeframe
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kia
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nope, it won't *necessarily* remain the similar. for example if the data is measuring "prosecution" it might be situations like SF under Boudin where prosecutions went down but what people perceive as crime went up. Another example is what's considered crime. In SF stealing under $900 is not considered crime to the police and the district but it's considered crime nonetheless by the people. i'm not saying it's one of these cases. i'm just saying it's really important to figure out what the data is exactly measuring vs what people perceive to be 'crime' in their eyes.
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