The Butterfield Fallacy and the Drop in Felony Crime
In a piece titled "The Butterfield Fallacy and the Drop in Felony Crime," RealClearPolitics recalls that New York Times reporter Fox Butterfield, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, wrote articles under headlines such as "Crime Keeps on Falling, but Prisons Keep on Filling" and "Prison Population Growing Although Crime Rate Drops." The outlet says those articles amused conservative crime analysts, and the headline links that framing to a drop in felony crime.
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The Butterfield Fallacy and the Drop in Felony Crime
New York Times reporter Fox Butterfield amused conservative crime analysts in the late 1990s and early 2000s by writing articles under headlines such as:Crime Keeps on Falling, but Prisons Keep on Filling.Prison Population Growing Although Crime Rate Drops.Number in Prison Grows Despite...
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