More or Less: Behind the Stats   /     Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?

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On the campaign trail for the US presidency, former president Donald Trump has been saying that the US is becoming a more dangerous than Venezuela.He also claims that the crime data for the US that the FBI collects is missing the most violent cities. Is he right? Tim Harford investigates, with the help of Bastian Herre from Our World in Data and Jay Albanese from Virginia Commonwealth University.Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Bethan Ashmead Latham Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound Mix: Annie Gardiner Editor: Richard Vadon

Subtitle
Donald Trump says Venezuela is becoming safer than the US. Is he right?
Duration
607
Publishing date
2024-10-26 05:00
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k06qj7
Contributors
  BBC Radio 4
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