if you look at statistic you will find that whatever crimes is,rate is higher in secular country especially in usa and uk.does not it because of freedum or it is because they are not following their religon?
Rapes by country
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap-crime-rapes
robberies by country
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rob-crime-robberies
frauds by country
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_fra-crime-frauds
Murders by country
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur-crime-murders
2006-10-09 01:07:37 · 5 answers · asked by Raja Asim 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Because they have more efficient policing, and
they are NOT afraid to report a crime like rape in the first place.
I think the main reason is that in many poor, undeveloped countries a huge number of crimes go unreported by victims for a variety of reasons, none of them good!
2006-10-09 01:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better law enforcement reveals more accurate rates. Crappy law enforcement and corruption discourages reporting.
Higher rates of irreligiousness corellates with lower crime rates. Religious people are disproportionaly represented in prison populations.
The USA is only secular in the governmental sense and even then only grudgingly so because the vast majority of it's citizens are fairly religious with a vocal militantly hyperreligious minority. The UK is much less secular in government and much more so among it's people and much further down on your lists of crime statistics.
If you look at your own lists for the scandanavian countries, which are noteworthy for being truly secular and have large numbers of openly atheistic citizens, you'll see they are much further down on your crime lists
2006-10-09 10:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not higher if you look by PERCENTAGE and not by NUMBER!
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita#rest
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rob_percap-crime-robberies-per-capita
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
Obviously US will have a lot of crimes because it has a LOT of people. But by percentage South American CATHOLIC countries seem to lead the way.
2006-10-09 09:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
87.55 % of statistics are made up on the spot, or is it that we have a constitution that allows for information to be given and justified whereas a non costitutional country does not publish the figures.
and if it did so would you hold them credible. LF
2006-10-09 08:26:17 · answer #4 · answered by lefang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because we have more and smarter police. In third world countries, many crimes go unreported and many others are just swept under the prayer rug. ;-)
2006-10-09 09:33:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋