tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post5069347958918709564..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Who is Judith Collins kiddingLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-26984613451028796082014-06-09T14:05:28.300+12:002014-06-09T14:05:28.300+12:00I'm sure if you dig deeper it makes sense to s...I'm sure if you dig deeper it makes sense to say crime has gone down. The prison population will be heavily drawn from drug related crimes. For the bigger picture see http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21582041-rich-world-seeing-less-and-less-crime-even-face-high-unemployment-and-economic<br />As to personal experience, I won't use that to form any conclusions (because I can't :) James Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13392330291991557422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-25697787896355202612014-05-01T13:01:42.014+12:002014-05-01T13:01:42.014+12:00*humph*
If your home was burgled in 1978 were you...*humph*<br /><br />If your home was burgled in 1978 were you able to get the crime investigated?<br /><br />Because by 2013 to recover stolen property you usually need to DIY. Let's hope they didn't take your security camera + footage. <br /><br /><br />S.Beastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-54332655866925211402014-05-01T11:07:03.029+12:002014-05-01T11:07:03.029+12:00You guys must have moved in the wrong (right) circ...You guys must have moved in the wrong (right) circles back then. Crime was rampant but mainly confined to well known ghettos in the various towns. In most of the forestry camps I was in during that period it wasn't unusual to find 2/3rds of the inhabitants had been to prision. The difference was the Govts of the day shunted them off to camps out in the country where perhaps surprisingly many did improve their behaviour.. probably as a result of hard work.<br /><br />Now such people are unemployed and living in the community and better able to get up to mischief.<br /><br />JCJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875768024598278750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-69327870278159999942014-05-01T06:21:17.999+12:002014-05-01T06:21:17.999+12:00Rape, domestic violence and child abuse were also ...Rape, domestic violence and child abuse were also less likely to make it into the crime stats back then, which adds to the uselessness of comparing then and now. I believe a lot of it has to do with manipulating the stats, because there is no way crime is as low as it was in 1978.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.com