Police Killings per Capita v Homicide Rate per Capita for Select OECD Countries [OC]Submitted by dr5c t3_y350kf in dataisbeautiful
Fun_Designer7898 t1_isaczcv wrote
Reply to comment by PaxNova in Police Killings per Capita v Homicide Rate per Capita for Select OECD Countries [OC] by dr5c
Europe is a continent, how can anyone compare it to a country
If you want to compare individual european countries, compare them to actual countries
PaxNova t1_isagcht wrote
You underestimate the amount of latitude individual states have. There's fifty of them in the US, and the laws that bind them are primarily economic ones. There are 44 countries in Europe, most of them bound through the EU for economic regulations.
Fun_Designer7898 t1_isagewy wrote
State≠country
knottheone t1_isaqcdi wrote
States in the US have almost as much agency over the lives of their citizens as the average country does and that's by design. The only things states aren't personally concerned with are outlined in the Constitution like national defense, international diplomacy, and minting of a common currency to name a few. Everything else is by default a states' rights concern as per the 10th amendment.
PaxNova t1_isaq9ka wrote
... so? Why would that ruin the comparison?
Fun_Designer7898 t1_isaqecr wrote
Because we are comparing countries
PaxNova t1_isarhw3 wrote
Fair enough. Though I'll note that, unlike some European countries, police regulation is set at a state level, like in Germany or Switzerland (cantons). In France and Spain, the police are national. You're already lumping at least 50 different sets of regulation together just by using the US, which also muddles the data. Country-to-country is not a good comparison.
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