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From United Press International
June 7 (UPI) -- Asia, Western Europe and North America scored the highest ratings Thursday in Gallup's yearly Law and Order Report, while Latin America received the worst marks for security.
Gallup asked in its 11-page report how confident respondents are in local police, whether they feel safe walking alone at night, if they've had property stolen or if they've been assaulted in the past year.
Singapore was given the greatest score (97) in Gallup's Law and Order Index, which rates answers on all four questions. Norway, Iceland and Finland tied for second with scores of 93.
COMMENT:-
You can find the whole report HERE.
Now for the "fun" bit.
Before you read the report, write down where you think the US ranked. It wasn't in the top four, so was it:
then read the article to see how correct your answer was.
[NOTE- The rankings are subjective and determined by how the people of the individual countries felt about their own country. They were NOT asked to rate any other countries.]
Singapore, EU score high in 'Law and Order' ratings; Latin America the worst
June 7 (UPI) -- Asia, Western Europe and North America scored the highest ratings Thursday in Gallup's yearly Law and Order Report, while Latin America received the worst marks for security.
Gallup asked in its 11-page report how confident respondents are in local police, whether they feel safe walking alone at night, if they've had property stolen or if they've been assaulted in the past year.
Singapore was given the greatest score (97) in Gallup's Law and Order Index, which rates answers on all four questions. Norway, Iceland and Finland tied for second with scores of 93.
COMMENT:-
You can find the whole report HERE.
Now for the "fun" bit.
Before you read the report, write down where you think the US ranked. It wasn't in the top four, so was it:
- _____ in the top 5
- _____ in the top 5%
- _____ in the top 10
- _____ in the top 10%
- _____ in the top 20%
- _____ in the top 25%
- _____ in the top 1/3rd
- _____ in the top 1/2
- _____ lower
then read the article to see how correct your answer was.
[NOTE- The rankings are subjective and determined by how the people of the individual countries felt about their own country. They were NOT asked to rate any other countries.]
