KNOW THE RULES / CHECK THE CONTEXT
FACTS. CONTEXT. BETTER QUESTIONS.
A number needs an explanation. This resource is being prepared to help you ask what a claim means, where it came from and what it cannot tell you.
WHAT IS BEING MEASURED?
Being harmed, being stopped, being suspected and being convicted are different things. A figure about one should not be presented as a figure about another.
WHERE AND WHEN?
Every future statistics card needs the place, time period, source and definition. Comparisons need suitable denominators and an explanation of missing information.
A PERSON IS MORE THAN A CATEGORY.
Population patterns cannot tell you what a particular person has done or will do. This resource will not use offender-look images or turn race, clothing or a postcode into a judgement about an individual.
WHAT WILL APPEAR HERE?
Reviewed source notes, myth/fact explainers and clear limitations. No new demographic statistics are being claimed in this outline.