Is the incidence of home invasions higher in UK or US?

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jivers
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Re: Is the incidence of home invasions higher in UK or US?
In reply to PhD4, 5 months ago

PhD4 wrote:

Well, not directly answering your question about home invasion, I can address crime in general.

Assault victims:

2.8% of the UK population

Different definitions of assault. Many forms of assault in the US are counted as misdemeanors. Every credible site will point out the difficulty of comparing the two between each country and the difficulty of comparing statistics in the US where each state has different definitions of assault as well, and different standards of reporting these to the FBI or other federal agencies.

1.2% of the US population

Rape Victims:

0.9% of the UK population

0.4% of the US population

Not according to UN comparisons - same rate in both countries - but then they at least make an effort to use comparable authoritative sources.

Total Crime Victims:

26.4% of the UK population

21.2% of the US population

See above. If you are going to use a source, at least use one that's credible. Even then this is within reporting errors.

http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/United-Kingdom/United-States/Crime


According to a Guardian.co.uk article, home owners who attempt to defend their families and homes have more to worry about from the law than the criminals do.

And although many people tell me they sleep with a baseball bat beside their bed for just such an occasion, a court can view that as an element of premeditation. If the burglar is hurt, it could be you who ends up in the dock.

Not true. The UK law states that anyone can use any reasonable force to defend themselves and their property. This does not include disproportionate retribution after the event, but in retaliation to a violent attack you are quite within your rights to use any weapon you have to hand to disable your attacker.

Even when a U.K. homeowner challenged two burglars inside his home with a legal shotgun, he and his wife spent 3 days in jail and ultimately had to leave their country out of fear.

The article states:

"The case of Tracey and Andy Ferrie has added to concern. The Leicestershire couple were recently arrested after two men broke in and found themselves on the wrong end of Mr Ferrie’s (legal) shotgun. They were released after 66 hours in custody, and exonerated in court. But since then, they are reported to have left Britain to start afresh in Australia, not least because of possible reprisals."

So the Police overreacted and they were not charged. The issue is not the law it's the Police on the case at the time.

One example proves nothing. How many people accidentally shot by the Police in the US?


Yikes.... what a backwards country

What a meaningless post.

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