Denmark: Crime across borders

Denmark is asking itself whether it's fair to publish crime rates for certain groups. Hell yes! If you don't know who the problem people are then how can you tackle the problem? And the lefty's are wetting their pants in outrage....whilst the common sense people don't see a problem with it! Go figure.

Immigrants commit more crime than Danes. That’s old news by now. But one newspaper is asking whether it is fair to specify ethnic groups when crime statistics are published

Jyllands-Posten newspaper today published figures from Statistics Denmark indicating that Palestinian men top the country’s crime statistics. The story is accompanied by an article questioning the specification of ethnic groups in crime statistics.

According to Statistics Denmark, the division into ethnic groups was made to promote a “fairer grouping” than the more general “western/non-western immigrants” categorisation.

“Our main aim is to clarify the great differences between the various countries,” said Thomas Nielsen of Statistics Denmark. “The ‘non-western immigrants’ group covers countries as diverse as China, which has a crime index rating of 43, and Lebanon, which has a rating of 237.”

The category ‘country of origin’ is not restricted to crime statistics. Statistics Denmark also uses this category when determining statistics in areas such as employment and social benefits.

Flemming Røgild, a sociologist at the University of Copenhagen, was sceptical of the practice. “What’s the use of this information? Is it only to show that some countries are more difficult than others?

According to Birthe Rønn Hornbech, the immigration minister, the main goal was to attain factual information. “I’m generally against judging people by their ethnicity and nationality. But we cannot solve problems unless we know where the challenges lie.”

Sociologist Mehmet Ümit Necef, who has Turkish roots, was in favour of country-specific crime statistics being published. “If Danish-Turks have a problem with seeing bad crime rates related to themselves, it is their responsibility to do something to stop their ‘group’ from committing crimes,” he said.

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