France: Foreigners commit 69% of robberies, violent crimes, and sexual assaults on public transport

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[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

There is no way to measure the number of crimes. One can only measure the number of arrests.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Most countries do crime surveys.

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And even if people were being honest on those - which wouldn't be the case - most people go through life committing crimes constantly and not even noticing or knowing they're doing it.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Didn't some researchers find that the average citizen commits 3 felonies per day?

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If memory serves, I don't think that was a research thing so much as a famous law professor's personal opinion.

But he may be right. Here's one crazy thing about our legal code: no one even really knows how many active laws there are. It's too big and too complicated to keep track of.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which is convenient when the government wants to make someone a criminal. For instance, Donald J. Trump.