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Re:U.S. Incarceration and Crime Rates Continue to Fall in Ta... by iamdave on Friday December 30, 2016 @03:56PM (#13287366)
What's with the downvotes to this? If there's something to be debated I would have liked to read it because this comment, I don't disagree with.
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Re:U.S. Incarceration and Crime Rates Continue to Fall in Ta... by sdenton4 on Friday December 30, 2016 @05:53PM (#13288223)
There's a wide variety of explanations for the crime drop, including from increased educational attainment, overall better economic situation, and lead poisoning caused by leaded gasoline subsiding.

Attributing it solely to crackdowns in the 90's is pretty disingenuous; crime had been falling before Giuliani, and in a broad array of cities which hasn't instituted tough on crime policies.

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