Fact-check: “2% of the population are responsible for 92% of crimes”
Verdict: Misleading (70% confidence)
Note (contested-claim adjustment): within the retrieved evidence, Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin, 'Delinquency in a Birth Cohort' (1972), abstracted via OJP/NCJRS and National Institute of Justice / NCJRS, 'Chronic Offenders' study, December 2001 disputes the position this verdict leans toward. Definitive language in this analysis (e.g. "documented", "proven") should be read as asserted by the cited sources and disputed by Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin, 'Delinquency in a Birth Cohort' (1972), abst…
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