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* Where to find statistics about drug use? (Derek Jennings, ''Independent'' Opinion column, 2005-10-19: "Current figures put white drug use at almost 75% of the total, yet black people still make up almost half the prisoners, despite being only around 12% of the general population."), | * Where to find statistics about drug use? (Derek Jennings, ''Independent'' Opinion column, 2005-10-19: "Current figures put white drug use at almost 75% of the total, yet black people still make up almost half the prisoners, despite being only around 12% of the general population."), | ||
* Why do U.S. schoolbuses stop at every house now? How large is this trend (just here in Durham, the whole U.S., worldwide, or what?) | * Why do U.S. schoolbuses stop at every house now? How large is this trend (just here in Durham, the whole U.S., worldwide, or what?) | ||
| + | * Where to find global statistics about [[abortion]] rates vs. legality of abortion? "the rates of abortions in societies where abortions are legal and in societies where they are illegal are almost identical" according to [http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff10212005.html this] | ||
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==Sources Found== | ==Sources Found== | ||
* [http://www.humansecurityreport.info/ Human Security Report] 2005: "documents a dramatic, but largely unknown, decline in the number of wars, genocides and human rights abuse over the past decade" | * [http://www.humansecurityreport.info/ Human Security Report] 2005: "documents a dramatic, but largely unknown, decline in the number of wars, genocides and human rights abuse over the past decade" | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 22 October 2005
This is a place where questions of fact can be asked; as the answers become available, they will be recorded and catalogued (either here or on a separate page linked from here).
Questions
- Where to find statistics about the crime rate? (specifically in the U.S., but also worldwide)
- Where to find statistics about drug use? (Derek Jennings, Independent Opinion column, 2005-10-19: "Current figures put white drug use at almost 75% of the total, yet black people still make up almost half the prisoners, despite being only around 12% of the general population."),
- Why do U.S. schoolbuses stop at every house now? How large is this trend (just here in Durham, the whole U.S., worldwide, or what?)
- Where to find global statistics about abortion rates vs. legality of abortion? "the rates of abortions in societies where abortions are legal and in societies where they are illegal are almost identical" according to this
Sources Found
- Human Security Report 2005: "documents a dramatic, but largely unknown, decline in the number of wars, genocides and human rights abuse over the past decade"