Why is violent crime virtually non-existent in Iceland?

it's because the entire population would fit in a mid-sized american town.

not because they're all white

didn't read the article did you?

was discussing crimes per 100,000

The thing about the population isn't the ratio of violent crime vs amount of people- it's the amount of people vs the amount of space. Violent crime is much more likely to take place in large cities rather than small cities or small towns, and only Reykjavik is likely to fit the definition of a small city. Contrast this development with the sprawling morass of urban-suburban growth in LA, Chicago, the entire east coast...

Too cold.

Who the heck wants to go out an kill someone in the freezing cold? They're all staying inside and having hot chocolate.

makes no sense wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564

I don't understand how such a non-diverse country could be so harmonious?

Wow, didn't even read the article.

makes no sense wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564

I don't understand how such a non-diverse country could be so harmonious?

The rates aren't even that low for Europe.

Cold As Ice wrote:

Too cold.

Who the heck wants to go out an kill someone in the freezing cold? They're all staying inside and having hot chocolate.

It's actually a bit warmer than Detroit and only slightly colder than Chicago on average. What's the crime like there?

There's nowhere to go and nowhere to hide.

People seem to commit more crime where they have some shot of disappearing after.

Rock City wrote:

It's actually a bit warmer than Detroit and only slightly colder than Chicago on average. What's the crime like there?

That's not true.

Average high for the year in Reykjavik: 45

Average high for the year in Detroit: 59

Summer in Reykjavik is colder than April in Detroit.

blacks commit 90% of interacial crimes in America. that was in 1999, probably higher now.

http://solargeneral.com/jeffs-archive/black-failure/blacks-commit-90-percent-of-interracial-crime/

Kanye North wrote:

Rock City wrote:

It's actually a bit warmer than Detroit and only slightly colder than Chicago on average. What's the crime like there?

That's not true.

Average high for the year in Reykjavik: 45

Average high for the year in Detroit: 59

Summer in Reykjavik is colder than April in Detroit.

Listen to the man.

I'm tellin you. It's just too damned cold to be going out and shooting people up and shit.

Iceland would be better compared to, say, a large extended family, than to, say, the United States.

Every weekend in Cleveland and Detroit and Toledo and Chicago and NYC and Atlanta a black person shoots and kills another black person.

You can't compare this situation with Iceland.

Inner city blacks that grew up in poverty and a culture that promotes a gangster mindset. The pull is hard when that is all they see growing up.

Its a very big mess in this country.

I never needed or wanted to own a gun. Other than a shotgun to kill groundhogs.

I am disgusted when I hear of these incidences of young people getting into disputes and everybody pulls out their handguns in these cities.

I guess that is their 2nd Amendment right. Lock and load.

Because Iceland is irrelevant in the world.What good has ever come out

out of Iceland.Name one athlete from Iceland that has ever won anything.

Of course it is an all white country,so athletic abilities are in very short

supply.

You should have read the article you posted more closely. Let me help:

"First - and arguably foremost - there is virtually no difference among upper, middle and lower classes in Iceland. And with that, tension between economic classes is non-existent, a rare occurrence for any country."

Wonder how the people who run that country can be so concerned about the well-being of all of its citizens and not promote a survival of the fitness and F**k the rest way of thinking among its citizens?

lpd wrote:

What good has ever come out of Iceland.

Bjork made some pretty funky music.

lpd wrote:

Name one athlete from Iceland that has ever won anything.

Annie Thorisdottir is the world champion of womens' crossfit.

lpd wrote:

Name one athlete from Iceland that has ever won anything.

Olafur Thordarson was an Olympic medalist in track in one of the early Olympics (1912)

My guess would be that they love their children. When abortion was legalized in the US, the violent crime rate dropped dramatically (16-18 year delay), proving that unwanted children do indeed grow up and contribute to violent crime.

makes no sense wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564

I don't understand how such a non-diverse country could be so harmonious?

Holy Opinion Disguised as a Study, Batman!

OK, Iceland has a homicide rate of 1.8 per 100,000. the US has a homicide rate of 5.8/100,000. Just on that fact alone Iceland's homicide rate isn't "virtually non-existent"

The US homicide rate is badly screwed by 12% of the population - blacks, who lead in every violent crime statistic. If you compare Oranges with Oranges (White Americans vs Icelandic) you'll find the homicide rates are nearly identical. Since (as cited in the study above) drug use in Iceland is virtually nothing, I'd bet if we took out all of the drug-related homicides by white Americans we'd actually have a lower homicide rate than Iceland.

Time to move on....