My question to all is were do the numbers come from? They comport with data from years prior; but references provided merely name a NCVS file as the source. Where is the "Criminal Victimization in the United States 2010" file they reference?
Where is the file they used? (That's a rhetorical question.)
I know where one is.
I am very familiar with the Bureau of Justice Statistics NCVS files and I examined the file that the presenters named as the source, http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv10.pdf
That file does not have the referenced data.
It does not speak well of the presenters to neglect to source their data. It reflects on all of us.
I have several replies above addressing this. IMO it is important but other of course may not consider it so.
Thanks for your reply.
Likely the most truthful crime numbers deal with murder - difficult to dumb down that number.
A statistical comparison could be made between cities... maybe the number of murders could be correlated with the number of domestic violence calls.... who knows? Anyhow because of PC politics - and mayors wanting their cities to look good - it likely crime numbers are substantially higher than reported.
Just guessing... what are your thoughts?