Increase in violent crime, over there!

[Harold]

Dear WT Reader, here is an enlightening article I found on the internet and this is too good to be true, the study was conducted by someone in, are you ready? Holland Hey, I think that is where Dennis is from! Yours Truly, Harold Beadling http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21902

[Danno]

I guess this is a good example of how statistics can be twisted to fit ones agenda.
It turns out the U.S. (number 24 on the list) has a higher murder rate than England (number 43) or Australia (number 46). Which is more revealing of the facts, a study of the number of people "victimized" by violent crime or an actual murder rate?
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