[thechat] Bar snacks

[Martin Burns]

On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 07:54  pm, Erika Meyer wrote:

> Anti-female work laws are always made with the idea of "protecting 
> women."  Actually, while women may appear to be easier targets, anyone 
> (especially anyone working alone) can be a target of crime.

Without wanting to speculate on causes, generally the most common 
victims of late night urban violence are young males. OK, I will 
speculate on causes a bit - the majority of those cases are not where 
the victim is freely taking part in a fight...

There have been plenty of good studies done on the divergence of levels 
of crime and levels of *fear* of crime in various populations. If you 
want to second-guess most of them, take the discourse of our popular 
press and reverse it.

Cheers
martin
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