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Originally Posted by Webby
Missing the logic on this :-)
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I'll use an example.
Population group A has 2% violent criminals.
Population group B has 15% violent criminals.
One city has 1000 citizens of group A (20 of whom are criminals) and 1000 of group B (150 of whom are criminals). If statistics hold true this city should have 170 violent criminals.
Another city has 1900 citizens of group A (38 criminals) and 100 of group B (1.5 - on average - criminals). Statistically this city should have ~40 criminals.
So the city with a lesser proportion of the group that has more criminal elements ends up with only 40 trouble makers rather than the 170 the other city has, yet both have an identical number of citizens overall.
All other factors aside, which one would you expect to have a lower crime rate?