Internationale Kriminalitätsraten im Vergleich
Eine Grafik in der neuen Studie Crime: Economic Incentives and Social Networks von Paul Omerod zeigt, dass die Kriminalitätsrate des Jahres 2001 in Deutschland erheblich höher war als in den USA. Ein weiterer Mythos der kippelt...
Confronted by this chart without the country names, and asked to identify countries from the list, many people, certainly in Europe, would probably place the USA at the top of the chart. But, in international terms, crime in the USA is low. The image of America as a crime-ridden society may arise from the very high rates that are associated with a small number of inner-city areas. Large parts of rural America are, as an approximation, effectively crime free.
