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Originally Posted by willravel
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"Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence."
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Originally Posted by spindles
wtf? should it really matter what she was dressed in? This is like saying "don't go outside - you liable to be raped!". What kind of weird weddings have you been to where the Bride was raped??
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Crime isn't the victim's fault, but there are many cases in which victims have knowingly placed themselves in dangerous situations and disregarded the likely consequences. This is one of those situations.
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Originally Posted by willravel
I suppose from a perspective that could be true. Still, human nature is antiquated and no longer relevant, whereas the other terms aren't.
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You may not like the term, but if you look at statistics and probability, there are certain behavioral patterns whose frequency of occurrence have a narrow standard deviation, and certain traits in which statistical outliers will tend to act predictably. You can also look at the statistics of crimes committed and draw conclusions based on them.
A hitchhiker is more likely to be killed by a driver than someone hiring a taxi, limo, or other form of transportation because someone intent on harming another is more likely to do so when they are less likely to be caught, such as when picking up a hitchhiker. A woman hitchhiking is more likely to be raped or murdered than a man when hitchhiking because she is perceived as less able to defend herself and likely is. Foreigners are more likely than natives per capita to be taken advantage of because they lack the knowledge of the local area that would keep them out of bad situations.