Prostitution of minors in France has risen by up 43 percent over the last four years, according to official figures published Friday. The government insists it remains committed to cracking down on exploitation networks, a decade after a landmark law made paying for sexual services a crime.

  • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    19 hours ago

    is it the case where small numbers have big changes and not something to be worried about? like if a few years ago it was like 5 cases and this year 10 (100% increase!!!).

    or a genuine problem?

    rule of thumb is to be skeptical about large percentage changes for rare cases.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      38 minutes ago

      It went from ~450 to ~700 cases. So it’s not like there are thousands, but it is still a significant increase. And still enough to argue that it’s not just a small numbers issue.

    • Jagarico@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      16 hours ago

      Judging by the increase by 43%, it means at least 100 cases. Which is already too many for such a thing.