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Jerzy Sarnecki

: It a version of lynch-mob logic that happens to appeal to the liberal and tolerant as much as the hateful and intolerant, according to Globe and Mail. And it falls apart as soon as you speak to anyone knowledgeable in Sweden. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone Behind it you'll find the resurrection of an old, deadly appeal to fear – that people of certain skin colours are natural-born predators who threaten white women. What we're hearing is a very, very extreme exaggeration based on a few isolated events, and the claim that it related to immigration is more or less not true at all, says Jerzy Sarnecki, a criminologist at Stockholm University who has devoted his career to the study of criminality, ethnicity and age. But it not because Swedes – of any colour – are very criminal. Sweden does indeed have far more reported cases of sexual assault than any other country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.