[clue-talk] The War On...?

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 07:20:12PM -0700, Jed S. Baer wrote the following:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:02:55 -0600
> Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Having done research on crime-statistics (for an anti-war-on-drugs
> > speech I gave for Public Speaking class), finding stats any more recent
> > then 9-10 years old is hard at best.
> 
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fssc02.htm

Sweetness.

> Depends on what you're looking for.
> 
> And even it the numbers aren't available, that doesn't invalidate my point
> that he's comparing apples and oranges. If he were comparing sentences for
> similar crimes over time, then yeah, pull in old data.

Agreed.

> 
> But that's not what he's doing. He's comparing a max sentence under law to
> actual sentences for different crimes. If he were comparing max sentences
> under current law for different crimes, his point would have been better
> made. That data is available -- perhaps not always easily, but, for
> example, all Colorado law is available online.
> 
> jed

Okay, I'll agree with that. They are indeed there. I imagine he didn't use
the Internet though as it can be difficult to find reliable information
sometimes.

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