[lbo-talk] violent crime up

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 14 07:45:49 PDT 2006


On Jun 14, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote:


> Ok, my turn: Are you predestined to be a violent criminal because
> you happen to live within the (now greatly expanded and widely
> populated by immigrants) borders of a country that is purported to
> have had a violent frontier mentality?

Destined? No. More likely than an otherwise similiarly situated foreigner? Probably yes. That's how statistical models work. Weren't you just complaining about bad statistics?

Doug



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