Numbers game II.

AuthorPeters, Charles
PositionTilting at Windmills

Speaking of statistical manipulation, it turns out that Atlanta played around with its crime figures in order to win the 1996 Olympics. The AP reports that the practice of underplaying crime statistics became so habitual in the Atlanta police department that it continued until at least 2002, when it appears that...

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