On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20/02/2010, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pretty much everything in that paragraph after the first sentence is >> total and utter bullshit. > > Guess so > > http://www.nationmaster.com/cat/cri-crime
There's no category in Nationmaster called "violent crime" that I can see. What I did hear (can't remember where) is that for the "violent crime" statistic, Canada includes simple assault along with assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, whereas in the US doesn't include simple assault in its stats. Therefore, the comparing "violent crime" between Canada and the US is meaningless. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
