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 Originally Posted by BananaStand
But, maths though! Are those counting incidents, or offenders? It doesn't follow that reported crime could be up so much, and convictions go down at the same time. In other words, if a guy rapes his wife every day for a year, that's 365 reported incidents. If he's convicted, how many convictions is that? There's been more than a few accusations lobbed at the Swedish government for cooking the books. Something's not right here.
The UN seems to disagree with the reported drop in conviction rates. They're measuring convicts per capita, which is a function of population, not some convoluted statistics scheme.
It's really tough to trust any numbers in this. And I simply don't believe that the concern was invented out of thin air.
That could well be, but still I think those should matter more than reported cases. Apparently 53% of the reported rapes in Sweden are dismissed for lack of conclusive evidence. Then again comparing global conviction or reporting rates with wildly different legislations, cultures and practices makes the whole thing anything but clear.
Point being, I see nothing in the statistics to warrant the conclusion of Sweden being some exceptionally rapey place, and that it's due to immigration. There are though very clear political benefits from creating this narrative.
Originally Posted by BananaStand
I guess, let's just put it this way...
Would you let your daughter spend a year as a college exchange student in Sweden?
I would not.
You gotta be kidding. Humans are inherently lolbad at risk management, we tend to either massively exaggerate or completely ignore many risks. In Sweden, the chance of being the victim of rape is six hundredths of a percent, 6 rapes per 10 000 people. That's pretty much exactly the same chance as being murdered in the US. Murders in Sweden? 2 per 100 000.
Would you let your daughter spend a year as a college student in the US?
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