Media stab frenzy

[Mr. Tea]

There has to be two consecutive quarters of decreasing stabbing statistics for it to count as an official stab-recession


Edit: the drop over the last few months could be something as simple as the cold weather meaning kids aren't spending so much time on the streets.

 

[hucks]

There has to be two consecutive quarters of decreasing stabbing statistics for it to count as an official stab-recession


Edit: the drop over the last few months could be something as simple as the cold weather meaning kids aren't spending so much time on the streets.

Exactly. Tho it was lower than the previous Q4, when presumably it was cold as well. I read somewhere that a large number of these stabbings happened during school holidays, which makes some sense, and suggests some seasonality to them.

 

[nomadthethird]

There has to be two consecutive quarters of decreasing stabbing statistics for it to count as an official stab-recession


Edit: the drop over the last few months could be something as simple as the cold weather meaning kids aren't spending so much time on the streets.

It's long been understood in the U.S. that if you reduce the amount of time that underprivileged teens in rough neighborhoods spend on the streets, you will reduce violent crimes among those groups.

This is why people push for more government funding for after school programs and such for these demographics, because many of them are "latchkey" kids or even worse their parents simply don't give a shit where they are or what they do, or they are in trouble with the law frequently themselves.