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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by FabHK on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:02PM (#27613028)
Homicide rates are also quite reliably measured, and comparable across populations and jurisdictions (as opposed to robbery, assault, etc. that are less reliably reported and consistently defined). It is, generally speaking, a good measure.
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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:19PM (#27613142)
No one is arguing against the validity of measurements of homicide rates.

At question is 1) the validity of using murder rate to predict to frequencies of other victim-having crimes and 2) the validity of ignoring between-group variation when drawing conclusions about the relative frequency of crime between different groups.

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