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Originally Posted by Honus
I believe that violent crime started declining long before the current gun/SYG fad. AFAIK, people who study the issue are mystified. They don't know why violent crime has declined as much as it has. |
If I'm not mistaken, incarceration rates have risen while the rate of violent crime has decreased. Some might say that having so many in jail is precisely why the rate has gone down but I'm not so sure. Many detainees are in prison for non-violent drug offenses.