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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by bko on Sunday March 03, 2024 @09:36AM (#39581071)
> It's unsurprising because that is where the crime tends to take place, but there's a valid concern raised that this is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Cops cause crime? Again, the post wasn't necessarily about that but a statement like the one I originally quoted and the one you just said sets off my detector that you're either flat earth level delusional or not arguing in good faith. Good bye

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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by Talanes on Sunday March 03, 2024 @10:55AM (#39581628)
You're literally ignoring every argument in favor of your "detector." Who's not acting in good faith here again?
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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by jncfhnb on Sunday March 03, 2024 @09:38AM (#39581085)
Police presence increased the detection of crime and thus increases the statistics of crime in the area
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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by ta988 on Sunday March 03, 2024 @11:52AM (#39582020)
So the bodies of people shot are seen more often in high police presence areas and just not found in other areas? That seem strange that it would be due to higher police presence. The fact that for non violent crimes the stats are skewed sound plausible but that seem less so for violent ones.
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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by lolinder on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:38PM (#39582467)
Higher enforcement of nonviolent crime leads to more strained relationships with the community leads to less cooperation with law enforcement leads to higher rates of all crime.
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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by jncfhnb on Sunday March 03, 2024 @03:21PM (#39584151)
Dead bodies appear in about 1% of violent crime.
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