[Burkeman1]

Lack of gun ownership in Europe and tight gun control laws there is a major reason why burgarly, even when a home is occupied by it's residents, is far higher than in America.

But after reading this article and seeing how little control the police or the state has over "La Zone" and the incentive for police not to record crimes- I wonder if they misrpesent the levels of violent crime as well and even murder. I wonder how many murders are even reported or investigated in France? Could they have a higher murder rate than America?

[alethia]

I'd say that you could be right on the money with your observations, Burkeman1. We all know that these statistics can be manipulated by unscrupulous politicians and "paid off" bureaucrats. We've even experienced some of that here in the good ole US.

Albanians ran rampant in Greece and Italy due to gun control and lax border control.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Exactly my thoughts. When the police are compensated by the rates of crime in their districts, all bets are off as far as trusting the figures they put out. Worthless.

Murder may be different but I believe the general level of crime is higher in France than America.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

the incentive for police not to record crimes

I saw a documentary about New Orleans a while back, I guess it was after Compass became Chief of Police and was gaining accolades for cleaning up the crime, but the truth was they just stopped arresting anybody.