It's idiocy to attempt to compare violent crime statistics.
Different countries count violent crime in very different ways, record it in
different ways and publish it in different ways.
One country may count threatening behavior as a violent crime, another
may not. There is no standard.
Further more, in some countries one does not go to the police if one is
punched outside a bar, whilst in other countries one does. Countries
with a violent culture do not police violent crime as much.
Murder/manslaughter statistics are a much better way of comparing
countries as the definition of killing is much more universal.
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