>>>>>I guess the other option is to have more school resource officers. One per hallway?
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>>>>What about more strict gun control. Anyone caught with a gun without a valid licence going to jail for half a year?
>>>>It is not that we don't have such incidents up here at all, but since guns are not so widely available they are much less frequent.
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>>>So you probably have more knife attacks.
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>>Nope... Can't rememer when I last heard of them...
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>Can you tell when these stats are from? I'm curious, why the high number of drug offenses ? I would expect drug offenses to be higher in the U.S. (to match the violent crime rates):
I really can't tell. I saw them as well and a little explanation would help indeed. I do know we have a low number of drug addicts, but drugs are increasingly used for recreation (so only in weekeds by youth to go out). That is a problem. Last week a kid got depressive after taking drugs and threw himself in front of a train.
>Netherlands: 12,683 per 100,000 people
>U.S. 560.1 per 100,000 people
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>This was really surprising to me:
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http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_dru_off-crime-drug-offences>
>And why bribery?
Maybe it is related to the fraud in construction up here, which was a hot topic a few years ago. Construction companies formed a kartel and agreed who was granted what job, to drive up the prices. Also there are some reports that government employees were bribed with expensive trips/holidays, real estate and prostitutes, etc. The main victim was the government which lost billions on it.
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http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_bri_vic-crime-bribery-victims>
>And what's up with the property crime in New Zealand?
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http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pro_cri_vic-crime-property-victims>
>And why so many rapes and burglaries in Australia?
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http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita>
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_bur_percap-crime-burglaries-per-capitaI'm not sure exactly, but I've seen a program in national geographic yesterday explaining that a lot of crime is related to the natives (aboriginals and moari) as about 50% of the prison population is native while only 3 - 5% of the population is native. (I'd like to be corrected on this if I'm wrong BTW.. I have no intention to discriminate here).
