In the PJ crisis, the Minister of Internal Affairs announces good news. “Thanks to the determined actions of our police and gendarmes, the number of crimes decreased in September, especially in the 20 departments where the most crimes are concentrated. 22.70 percent of violent thefts, 23.07 percent of violence in transport”He tweeted on October 11, his 40th birthday.
At the end of August he had asked the prefects of these 20 departments (namely Paris and Ile-de-France, Nord, Rhône-Alpes, Loire-Atlantique, Bouches-du-Rhône and Ver Garonne) to report. him every week about crime figures in their area. Even demanding them “Crime Mapping by Hours and Regions”.
Risk comparison
For criminologists, however, comparing monthly balances from one year to the next remains risky, however reassuring. The National Observatory for Crime and Punishment (abolished under Edward Phillips) has always banned…
Source: Le Figaro
