5 Common Crime Fighting Techniques (Statistics Say Don't Work)

PublicStranger · 2011-09-27T18:17:39+00:00

I was questioned when I was a child. The interrogation techniques they used against me (even though I was the supposed crime victim) led me to falsely claim someone committed a crime against me. The truth is, no crime actually occurred and I knew it didn't—but the interrogation nonetheless led me to make a false witness testimony that I never intended to make and that I never once believed actually happened.

Those interrogating me were convinced this thing had happened to me. They thought I was just reluctant to talk about it because I was a scared kid—so they pushed me and pushed me and pushed me to confirm their preconceptions, all under the mistaken belief that they were uncovering the truth and helping me.

starthirteen · 2011-09-27T18:53:33+00:00

numbers 5, 4 and 3 are among the many reasons why I oppose the death penalty.

meninist · 2011-09-27T14:37:02+00:00

If anyone's wondering what this has to do with Men's Rights: men are the one's most effected by poor police work. Men go to jail for nonviolent offenses and men are the people police extract false confessions from.

TheRealPariah · 2011-09-27T16:34:25+00:00

Where are all the fathers in poor communities? They are in jail. The mothers and children are now on public assistance because the father cannot support them.

Arxl · 2011-09-27T18:50:07+00:00

Maybe the Slowpoke meme would really work for me because that is honestly the first time I have ever seen a Reddit button at the bottom of the page.

neurorex · 2011-09-27T22:24:02+00:00

I am going off on a tangent here, but did we really not know all of these? Cracked articles are suppose to provide fresh, esoteric perspectives on common misconceptions. These five information can be picked up in almost any college curriculum.

Cracked articles were always impressive and left me with new knowledge and awe, and made me chuckle a little. I'm not sure of the editors are slipping, or the writers are gaining favors somehow, but ideas like this would totally be rejected not that long ago, and the article would have never been conceived.

To top it all off, writers earn 50 bucks per article. Lillian Marx just made fifty bucks pretty much rehashing stuff from Freakanomics first drafts. God forbid anyone points out how old these factoids are in the comments section; apparently writing for this website means that you are immune to any thoughts that deviate from the article.

I won't upvote or downvote this link, but I've seen enough of these and just couldn't hold back any more.

Title	5 Common Crime Fighting Techniques (Statistics Say Don't Work)
Author	meninist
Upvotes	26
Comments	13
Date	September 27, 2011 2:32 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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