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   Adam F. Lawton (adam_cadmon1@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 08:47:51 JST Adam F. Lawton

   Does anyone EVER want to talk to the police?

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     squifish (thesquirrelfish@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 08:47:48 JST squifish

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     @Adam_Cadmon1
     A new book called "You Are What You Watch" recently came out, I haven't read it yet, but the author made a convincing argument (on a podcast I listened to) that our public impression of crime rates is more based on the number of cop shows than actual criminal statistics.
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     Adam F. Lawton (adam_cadmon1@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 08:47:49 JST Adam F. Lawton

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     @passenger Hmm, that IS interesting. I wonder how much of a role pop media has in the a priori opinion of people in this case. Probably a lot?

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Passenger (passenger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 08:47:50 JST Passenger

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     Interestingly, there has been some research on this. Among suburban people in the UK, satisfaction ratings with the cops are significantly lower after an encounter with them than before. (The only public service of which this is true.) This suggests to me that people love the fantasy of narcing on their neighbours, but then are disappointed in the result.