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8. Because they all must come together to defend their small populations

Fri May 17, 2013, 09:05 AM

May 2013

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Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland? [View all] malaise May 2013 OP

"in a country with just over 300,000 people." Pelican May 2013 #1

It takes merely 1,500 to make a sample valid. LanternWaste May 2013 #6

Corpus Christi: 16 homicides in 2012, 12 in 2011 muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #9

Whole different culture. nt. premium May 2013 #2

Before reading the post my initial thought was economic and social parity and equality. geckosfeet May 2013 #3

not to mention that there's virtually no diversity and it has half the population of tiny Vermont cali May 2013 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author marmar May 2013 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #18

In Iceland, Sir, It is Hard To Find People You Are Not Related To Too Closely To Marry The Magistrate May 2013 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #29

Ya know what other crime is rare there? Jackpine Radical May 2013 #5

Crime is born of poverty and income disparit LanternWaste May 2013 #7

so explain why Vermont has such a low crime rate cali May 2013 #12

Despite the increase, Vermont is still below the national average in inequality. DanTex May 2013 #14

Vermont's true income inequality would be hard to measure Yavin4 May 2013 #33

and many of their 'poor' are poor by choice -- artist & hippie trust fund types. HiPointDem May 2013 #39

It's the never ending streams of Phish music blasting from the corner ben and jerry's Warren DeMontague May 2013 #25

Because they all must come together to defend their small populations TlalocW May 2013 #8

Nowhere to run to wtmusic May 2013 #11

If we adopted Iceland's gun laws, our homicide rate would plummet. DanTex May 2013 #13

Icelandic Exceptionalism. Iggo May 2013 #15

Very small homogenous population; strangers are not more than 1 or 2 LeftinOH May 2013 #16

They are probably all related to each other SoCalDem May 2013 #17

Pretty much it. More of a tribe or ethnic group than a country. TwilightGardener May 2013 #20

A tribe called Qvest?.nt clarice May 2013 #28

Speaking of being related to each other Libertas1776 May 2013 #21

They are all related to some extent. There's even an app to help them sort out out just how closely: Arugula Latte May 2013 #22

Iceland also jails its criminals MichaelMcGuire May 2013 #19

+1 Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #27

Are you saying that a more egalitarian society creates a less violent Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #24

Ding ding we have a winner malaise May 2013 #26

no we don't. the entire premise is ludicrous. cali May 2013 #31

Yeah, because what we've been doing works so well... Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #38

I heard that they outlawed snowball fights. nt clarice May 2013 #30

They're all related to each other aristocles May 2013 #32

Because they're civilized people? nt NiteOwll May 2013 #34

Simple. Iceland is more civilized than we are. Yavin4 May 2013 #35

Iceland was colonized by Norwegians, many of them outlaws or people to violent for Norway FarCenter May 2013 #36

Alcohol. Plenty of alcohol. MineralMan May 2013 #37