Illinois will soon become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov.
  • vga@sopuli.xyz
    115·
    2 months ago

    "Mississippi ranks 39th in violent crime among all states and has the third-lowest violent crime rate in the South. "

    Is it … working?

    • socsa@piefed.social
      10·
      2 months ago

      Violent crime in rural areas is dramatically underreported because cops don’t even take reports for domestic violence unless it requires an ambulance ride.

    • cheesepotatoes@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      Mississippi is the poorest state in the US, with a poverty rate of 18.7%, followed by Louisiana as the second poorest state, with a poverty rate of 17.8%, and New Mexico, as the third poorest state in the US, at a poverty rate of 16.8%.

      I don’t know, is it?

      • pingveno@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        So I started actually looking up numbers and they indeed look good from certain sources, but I’m still giving them the side eye. For instance, the CDC shows Mississippi as having the #1 murder rate among the states in 2022.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Is the point of hitting children to reduce violent crime? I have a feeling there are better ways. Maybe we should work on getting rid of microplastics.