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Cognitive_Dissident ,

…and if we could get the Fascist Pig Party (aka “”“Republicans”“”) the hell out of our government, we could have some sane gun control laws that would maybe, just maybe, lower the number of mass shootings as well.

WraithGear ,
@WraithGear@lemmy.world avatar

Violence is the US primary export

Fiivemacs ,

Are the accounting for police crime in these stats? I’d be interested to see if police violence has increased in the US.

danc4498 ,

“You risk your lives every day for the safety of the people you don’t even know. That’s why each of you, each and every one of you, is a hero. It’s no accident that violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”

I find the actual quote kind of problematic on multiple levels. ACAB aside, not every cop is a good guy let alone a hero.

And he is crediting police with a record 50-year low? I don’t buy that.

But yes, the perception that Republicans are “tough on crime” needs to go away cause their fear mongering has nothing to do with actual crime prevention.

JohnnyCanuck ,
@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca avatar

I think saying things like that is also meant to be inspiring. Like when you tell all the kids on a hockey team that they’re great and they’re gonna kick ass out on the ice, but you know who they’re about to play and they don’t stand a chance. But who knows, maybe telling them they’re great will get one or two of them to dream about being a future hockey hero, and they’ll get out on the ice and really kick some ass for once - make that extra pass, hit the net for a shot, or hold off on that big, useless, cross-check to the head that would put them in the sin bin for 5 minutes.

If the kids can dream, so can you, right?

danc4498 ,

I know that he has to say what he said regardless of if it’s true or not. But the problem is that many cops are actual bad guys.

If a third of your hockey team is perfectly capable of playing well but spends the whole game fighting and abusing their spouse, saying 100% of the team is doing great just gives validation to the bad apples.

JohnnyCanuck ,
@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca avatar

Maybe you’ll inspire those bad apples to be great.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

No, bad apples spoil the bunch. that’s kinda the whole thing about that idiom

TropicalDingdong ,

it’s also just wrong.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f1e302cd-aac2-48c0-8cfd-d62db88a9ebb.jpeg

It’s the lead folks. Biden should be crediting the EPA.

fukhueson , (edited )

Again, it’s not been shown to be a significant factor in the drop in crime in the 20th century. There’s more explanation needed than just lead.

www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0166046222000667?via%3Di…

The lead-crime hypothesis: A meta-analysis

Does lead pollution increase crime? We perform the first meta-analysis of the effect of lead on crime, pooling 542 estimates from 24 studies. The effect of lead is overstated in the literature due to publication bias. Our main estimates of the mean effect sizes are a partial correlation of 0.16, and an elasticity of 0.09. Our estimates suggest the abatement of lead pollution may be responsible for 7–28% of the fall in homicide in the US. Given the historically higher urban lead levels, reduced lead pollution accounted for 6–20% of the convergence in US urban and rural crime rates. Lead increases crime, but does not explain the majority of the fall in crime observed in some countries in the 20th century. Additional explanations are needed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis#%3A~%…

Systematic reviews / meta-analysis

The first meta-analysis of the lead-crime hypothesis was published in 2022. “The Lead-Crime Hypothesis: A Meta-Analysis”, authored by Anthony Higney, Nick Hanley, and Mirko Moro consolidates findings of 24 studies on the subject. It found that there is substantial evidence linking lead exposure to a heightened risk of criminal behavior, particularly violent crimes. This aligns with earlier research suggesting lead exposure may foster impulsive and aggressive tendencies, potential precursors to violent offenses. The study concluded that, while a correlation between declining lead pollution and declining criminality is supported by research, it is likely not a significant factor in reduced crime rates, and that the link is generally overstated in lead-crime literature.

The study’s implications point towards the potential benefits of reducing lead exposure to decrease crime rates. Such reductions could be achieved through initiatives like removing lead from products like gasoline and paint, water pipes and enhancing lead abatement measures in schools and residences.

TropicalDingdong ,

Thanks for that.

danc4498 ,

Something about causality and correlation…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7933a60c-a576-422d-a8ef-2e21a8bedb24.png

Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there’.

Siegfried ,

So, you say biden is killing the small arms industry?

masquenox ,

And he is crediting police with a record 50-year low? I don’t buy that.

Neither should you - if it’s safe for you to walk the streets the pig is the last people on the planet you should thank.

Mog_fanatic ,

But immigrants… So you’re clearly wrong. You have to be! Immigrants!!!

/s

ZombiFrancis ,

A right winger I know looked at the stats from the FBI, and his only takeaway was “Yeah, but crime is up since 2014. Media just making a fake narrative that only works on leftists.”

Coworkers are fun.

dhork ,

One very interesting aspect of this is that most people do notice if the crime rate is lower in their area, but are still likely to complain that the crime rate is too high generally, even if they don’t see that in their own local community.

I attribute this directly to 24-hour cable news, which tries to grab our attention by telling us how bad everything is. I wonder if any study has tried to correlate the public’s perception of crime to where they get their news.

pewresearch.org/…/what-the-data-says-about-crime-…

While perceptions of rising crime at the national level are common, fewer Americans believe crime is up in their own communities. In every Gallup crime survey since the 1990s, Americans have been much less likely to say crime is up in their area than to say the same about crime nationally.

Blackbeard ,
@Blackbeard@lemmy.world avatar

Same exact thing is happening with the economy:

The vast majority of those surveyed — 68% — said it was becoming harder for the average person to get ahead, while nearly half of respondents said their own finances were moving in the right direction.

We are cripplingly addicted to myopic sensationalism, and the death of local news means that as information consumers we’re increasingly hypnotized by national news corporations who have no roots or stake in local communities and who thrive on rage bait. Put simply, there’s no localized and tempered source of information that can balance out the neverending national panic.

ryathal ,

Violent crime isn’t all crime though. If someone sees discarded needles every day on the street, they aren’t that greatful when you say “at least you weren’t mugged.”

If you can’t leave packages at your front door, you don’t care as much that there was only 1 drive by shooting in the area.

You won’t get stabbed on the subway, but you will get a scam call and 3 scam texts on your ride.

s_s ,

Violent crime isn’t the only crime that results in violence either.

Road deaths and injuries are way up and prosecution for killing someone with a car is constantly excused and dismissed even as people get more negligent (screen use) and risky behind the wheel.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

That doesn’t really matter when the media knows that the more it reports on lurid crime, the more people pay attention, meaning the more they can charge for advertising.

The consumer of commercial news is not the customer, they’re the product.

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Mmm… well it does matter from the context that actual violence is down. When we’re talking about violent crimes.

It doesn’t matter when talking about this other problem, that the media is essentially a constitutionally protected capitalism and greed factory.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It doesn’t matter in terms of what people believe, how they vote and what policies are enacted since those are all based on fear.

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Are you implying that the majority of people don’t look at facts and statistics?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Do Facebook facts count?

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Do you have any evidence or data to support this conclusion, or are you participating in the behavior?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Do you seriously need evidence that most people don’t research what they hear on the news?

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Yes. Because not everything that appears intuitive, is fact. This is how disinformation is spread. It is a vulnerability in the human psychology.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

If you were right and people researched things they heard on the news, disinformation wouldn’t spread. And Biden wouldn’t have to say that violent crime is historically low.

I mean I have no idea why you think he would bother saying it if most people researched this stuff.

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Perhaps to reiterate that he’s bringing value to the US for the upcoming election?

Perhaps to cover all the bases, for those that don’t look at fact/evidence (meaning not necessarily a majority of people not looking at fact)

I mean the possibilities are endless, i feel like you’re taking a pretty narrow view to this subject

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

You have not explained how disinformation spreads if people research what they hear on the news.

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

That wasn’t the topic of discussion. You implied that a majority of people don’t research their views without anything other than anecdotal evidence

You tried to pivot to this other topic, I did not follow it.

I can agree with “at least some people do not properly vet and research their views” but I cannot subscribe to “most”

Make sense?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I just looked back at our conversation. Can you please show, with context, where I implied such a thing?

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

infosec.pub/comment/9572046

I specifically mention this point and you make zero effort to correct or modify what you’re saying so I’m left to believe that it is at least partially aligned with what you’re saying.

Feel free to take the easy way out and argue pedantics - our conversation was pretty short so if you actually looked through the convo, I suspect you ignored this point or are purposefully playing on this point to push yourself out of the waters a la pedantic argument.

Think this conversation is spent now. Thanks.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

So the answer is no, I never implied such a thing. I did, however, suggest that people do not look at crime statistics.

And that is a fact.

nbcnews.com/…/people-think-crime-rate-up-actually…

InternetUser2012 ,

Plenty, take a look at anyone that votes for tRump.

Blackbeard ,
@Blackbeard@lemmy.world avatar

But it does matter. It matters very much that they’re voting and behaving based on things that are not actually real. It matters that Biden’s telling the truth, and evidence supports him. Does it mean his message is going to resonate with voters? Probably not. But it goes to the heart of our current predicament to observe that the world that exists in people’s heads doesn’t resemble the one they actually live in. We are in a self-fulfilling doom loop.

If we grant that crime is down but that Biden should act like it isn’t down because people think it’s up, then we’re venturing off into a very dark wilderness where nothing is true and facts no longer matter. That’s a world where people like Trump thrive.

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