Friday, 26 March 2021

Looking at the data about 2020's homicide spike provides no clear or easy answers

The Intercept has a comprehensive but digestible article examining the data, and potential theories, around the unexpected homicide increase in 2020. Was it because of pandemic isolation or depression? Was it desperation, caused by unemployment? Was it the ongoing protests for racial equality, and the pushback against overzealous policing? — Read the rest