Tracking Social Evils

[PhantomGaze]

An interesting project and/or website that I think would benefit social action greatly, is one where social evils could be tracked maybe not necessarily live on a map, but maybe a map updated more or less every year with statistics about crime rates, amount of people living in poverty, and a list of the major social or economic problems in any given area, with color coding for varying levels. This would make information about any given area easily accessible, and it might give people a better scope of global problems. Any thoughts?

 

[Roseonathorn]

Yes, I have some thoughts, not all countries population have a right to have an opinion. Some processes that should go fast with no problems is slow, bitter, leaves scars for life, takes many years and is filled with injustice.
People that really would have something to say is threathened with heavy fines if they speak up. So I better tell You to go to Human rights page to check things out.

 

[Brandon Duncan]

JESUS is our only hope for such a miracle. Thanks for the idea but man just google gang statistics in America and you will find out dated facts.

 

[ValleyGal]

A couple of thoughts. What would be the purpose of tracking? How can you balance the tracking with the services offered for addressing whatever it is you're tracking?

As well, there is a huge difference between a social problem and a social "evil." Do you want to track social "evils" such as the movements of a sociopathic serial killer, or do you want to track social problems such as poverty among Indigenous or rural populations, mortality rates of fentanyl overdoses, or the rates of able-bodied recipients of social assistance versus those on disability or persons with multiple barriers?

I think it would be next to impossible to track all global social problems, and truthfully, I wonder what the purpose would be.

 

[PhantomGaze]

Ideally, we would end social evils if we could. It would be wise to understand what different policies and practices are correlated with net increases or declines. I don't think "not caring" how many people suffer different injustices is a good approach to fighting them.