The majority of Canadians feel as safe or safer in their neighbourhoods than they did 10 years ago, according to the latest public issues polling from Nanos Research – but Conservative voters are a significant exception.
That’s an obvious explanation of why the reported numbers change but most of the population can’t process the information.
It requires a multi-step of thinking to understand and reverses the assumed conclusion when people first look at the numbers.
its just like when people look at violent crime rates in the 1960’s-90’s. The reported crime rates were steadily increasing even while the actual violent crime rates fell. What changed was a societal acceptance of what constituted a violent crime.
Suddenly beating the shit out of somebody with a different skin color, your kids, or wife was no longer considered a fun weekend activity and was instead a violent crime.
That’s an obvious explanation of why the reported numbers change but most of the population can’t process the information.
It requires a multi-step of thinking to understand and reverses the assumed conclusion when people first look at the numbers.
its just like when people look at violent crime rates in the 1960’s-90’s. The reported crime rates were steadily increasing even while the actual violent crime rates fell. What changed was a societal acceptance of what constituted a violent crime.
Suddenly beating the shit out of somebody with a different skin color, your kids, or wife was no longer considered a fun weekend activity and was instead a violent crime.