# Crime statistics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-statistics/701488>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-statistics/701488 "2014-10-16T13:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-statistics/701488/1 "2014-10-16T13:49:00Z")

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This question arose in another thread when someone posted that 25% of Black males have been convicted of a felony.  
Many criminals in Arkansas have committed additional crimes while on parole. Does the same guy being convicted of five felonies count as one convicted felon, or five?

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-statistics/701488/2 "2014-10-16T15:52:56Z")

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To find the answer to your question, you have to go to your posters sources and read the definitions of the metrics.