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07-11-2002, 01:18 PM
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
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Some stats.
From national data AUS 2001 (Aus. Bureau of Statistics) US 2000 (FBI data) PER 100,000: Homicide... AUS 5.4 US: data not broken out (of that, Murder+Manslaughter... AUS: 1.8 US: 5.5) Assault... AUS: 782.9 US: 323.6 Sexual Assault... AUS: 86.4 US: 32.0 Kidnapping... AUS: 3.9 US: data not broken out Robbery... AUS: 137.1 US: 144.9 Unlawful Entry w/Intent... (headsplice's category) AUS: 2246.9 US: 728.4 Car theft... AUS: 722.0 US: 414.2 Other theft... AUS: 3607.5 US: 2475.3 From the highly-regarded International Crime Victims Survey 2000 Percentage of people victimized by crime in 2000, EXCEPT death-related... AUS: 30.0 US: 21.1 Number of crimes per 100 in 2000, EXCEPT death-related... AUS: 54.3 US: 39.5 % crimes reported to police in 2000... AUS: 50 US: 52 (suggesting that the "from national data" is reasonable to compare) ICVS PERCEPTIONS about crime 2000 Perception of chance of burglary next year... AUS: 11% very likely, 32% likely, 50% not likely US: 3% very likely, 13% likely, 78% not likely Do you feel safe walking alone at night?... AUS: 24% very safe, 40% fairly safe, 21% bit unsafe, 14% very unsafe US: 46% very safe, 36% fairly safe, 10% bit unsafe, 4% very unsafe |
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