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07-25-2013, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

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.

That makes sense to me, but apparently the statistics do not support a cause-and-effect relationship between the high incarceration rates and the reduction in violent crime. I don't have a link handy, but I have seen articles on that point.

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