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Originally Posted by blondifan
31 women have been killed as a result of domestic violence in Australia, since January 1 2015.
12 weeks 31 women.
When will we treat this like a national emergency? |
Is that a lot, in a nation of 23 million?
Australia's homicide rate is very, very low -- and falling steadily. Aussies aren't immune to stupidity, get drunk, get violent, do some bloody business: but they do it much less often than other folks.
That was one of the things that surprised me about Australia-- for a place that prides itself on a rough image, people are more consistently civilized and decent to their fellow mate & sheila than they imagine.
I looked up some stats, and it turns out that, curiously, Australians express more fear of crime than Americans-- but actually have much violent crime than we do. The one exception is rape, where Oz has slightly more than the US (all number as rate per 100,000)
See a comparison of the data here:
http://www.nationmaster.com/country-...d-States/Crime