What you all are also forgetting is that in large urban and rural areas in America the police will not be called for many violent crimes. Crime that is not reported is not included in the statistics. The school of thought with these areas is that police will only exacerbate problems if not cause unnecessary problems for the reporting individual. Anyways, comparing which countries are more violent than one another is silly as everyone here can agree that crime is reported differently country to country.

Another issue, which is why I questioned Star's stance, is that violence as defined by the W.H.O. is not congruent with what is reported as violent crime. Sexual assault can be a misdemeanor and by Star's stance that is not violent however as defined by the W.H.O. it is in fact violence.