Causation is not the same as correlation. Shoefiti and crime occur in
the same neighborhood. A study can show the correlation between one and
the other. There may be some unknown events or actions that are causing
either the shoes or the crime or both.
To know for certain what is causing what, a scientific study would need
to be held with precisely controlled variables. Since I don't think that
is possible in this instance, case histories could be taken and
observations made. That means talking to the ones committing the crimes
and the ones tossing the shoes on the power lines.
It might make for an interesting doctoral thesis for a statistical
student at the U of M. Short of these options, I don't think we may ever
know what is causing the shoefiti and if it is causing any criminal
activity.
Mark Wilde wrote:
It is just as likely that they are not gang related.
How is it possible to prove correlation between gang
graffitti and shoes on the line and anything else? It
isn't because they are not related. Other people have
tried to link graffitti to crime on this list, but I
am just not buying it. Now you are saying that the bad
scary criminal is coming here from Los Angeles and he
is bringing his shoes? This is starting to sound like
a fairy tale you are making up as you go along. You
continue to make this assumption without any proof and
after you have seen evidence of hundreds of other
theories as to why those shoes are up there.
Mark Wilde
Windom Park
"I still don't have any solid evidence explaining why
the shoes appear on lines, but still consider it
highly likely they signify some kind of nefarious
activity in problematic neighborhoods of the city. The
officer in the FOX 9 News report - after stating that
Shoefiti is somewhat comical mentioned that shoes are
used to mark gang territory in Los Angeles.
Wouldn't it make sense for gang members moving here
from L.A. to bring their tactics with them? The
shoefiti along E Lake St. between I-35W and
Cedar certainly seems to correlate with gang graffiti
in the area."
Removing shoefiti one pair at a time.
- Ed Kohler
Shoeless in Cooper
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