Racist violence reveals Sweden’s xenophobic underbelly

[Lizzie Poppet]

9. I found many...but it's hard to find any from sites that aren't of dubious objectivity.

I'll have to see if I can find their source material. In Sweden, anyway, their reporting methods on crime make it almost impossible to determine if some of the offenders are either immigrants or first-generation children of immigrants (from communities that resist assimilation). There is a simple correlation between Sweden's sharp increase in rape and similarly sharp increase in immigration/refugee acceptance...but that's only correlation...not a reliable demonstration of cause-and-effect.

Basically, it's difficult to find hard data on a (possible) issue that's starting to get a LOT of press, public outcry, etc. That said, it's not exactly a far-fetched proposition to suspect men from societies in which misogyny and the devaluing of women is deeply institutionalized.