Gallup News Service: Americans see less crime than Britons, Canadians
Date: Feb 10, 2006 8:10 AM
The Washington Times
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Americans see less crime than Britons, Canadians
By Jennifer Harper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published February 9, 2006

Historians, world leaders and assorted pundits with Yankee bashing in
mind have long cultivated the idea that America is a violent place. Not
so, says Gallup, which released a report yesterday revealing that the
nation is not necessarily Dodge City: The impact of crime is lower in
the U.S. than in Britain, and in many cases Canada. “The U.S. is often
seen from abroad as a relatively lawless society, with murders and
gun-related crimes aplenty. But a series of Gallup surveys in Great
Britain, Canada and the U.S. suggest the image is somewhat distorted,”
noted David W. Moore of the Gallup News Service. It’s close, but the
United States emerged as the least crime-ridden.
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