Cartman Posted December 2, 2004 Report Posted December 2, 2004 Crime in Canada is much lower than in the US no matter how you measure it (i.e. as a rate, a percentage, absolute tally etc). Why is this the case? Personally, I think that it has something to do with our social programs. They decrease poverty, poor health and misery in general. Why else does this ficticious line create such dramatic differences (i.e. Detroit and Windsor)? Some people argue it is gun control and maybe this is a part of it, but many Canadians have guns and the US still has higher rates of crime even when guns are not involved. Quote You will respect my authoritah!!
August1991 Posted December 2, 2004 Report Posted December 2, 2004 Crime in Canada is much lower than in the US no matter how you measure it (i.e. as a rate, a percentage, absolute tally etc).While that is a common belief in Canada Cartman, it is also wrong. To a degree.I recall looking at this several years ago and I came away with the conclusion that, for example, a white male in a city of 100,000 in the US was just as likely to be a victim of crime as a similar person in Canada. Crime rates have fallen considerably in North America over the past 30 years. Here are some stats I found quickly on the Internet (murders per 100,000): Canada 1990 Saskatchewan...... 3.60 Manitoba.......... 3.58 British Columbia.. 3.51 Alberta........... 3.00 Quebec............ 2.68 Ontario........... 1.87 New Brunswick..... 1.66 Nova Scotia....... 1.01 P.E.I............. 0.77 Newfoundland...... 0.00 CANADA AVERAGE....... 2.47 US 1999 NORTHEAST......... 5.4 (region average) New York....... 7.4 New Hampshire.. 1.7 MIDWEST........... 6.4 (region average) Illinois....... 10.0 South Dakota... 1.2 SOUTH............. 9.0 (region average) Louisiana...... 17.5 West Virginia.. 3.8 WEST.............. 7.7 (region average) Nevada......... 13.7 Utah........... 3.2 Some Web Site Murder rates are usually the most accurate because they are not subject to reporting bias. Now look at this: Murder, 1992-1996 Number of murders Race of victim per 100,000 persons* American Indian ...... 7 Black ..................... 34 White ..................... 5 Asian ..................... 5 *Average annual rate, 1992-96 US DOJ Urban areas are more dangerous than rural areas. The West is more dangerous than the East. IOW, Saskatchewan has twice the murder rate of Hew Hampshire. BC has a murder rate comparable to West Virginia. Canada's overall murder rate is about half the murder rate of American whites. Personally, I think that it has something to do with our social programs. They decrease poverty, poor health and misery in general.I don't know if there is a correlation between poverty and crime. For example, the Maritimes are the "poorest" provinces in Canada yet they also have the lowest crime rates.Some people argue it is gun control and maybe this is a part of it, but many Canadians have guns and the US still has higher rates of crime even when guns are not involved.Guns in Canada mean primarily rifles in rural areas. Handguns are common in the US. Quote
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