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Actually, it has made the country significantly safer: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/cv2.cfm http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/cv2.cfm Whether
by roguecoder 14y ago
Actually, it has made the country significantly safer: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/cv2.cfm http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/cv2.cfm
Whether or not the decline in violent crime justifies the rise in imprisonment and the decline in prison standards, or whether there might be other ways to achieve the same declines are different questions. But the United States has become significantly safer over the last ten, twenty and fifty years.
- learc83 14y agoThat statement is incredibly misleading. Criminologists aren't anywhere close to a consensus on the causes of the crime rate reduction of the last few decades. Many theories have been offered, from decreased crack use, to fewer unwanted children resulting from legalized abortions, to your suggestion of harsher sentencing. Yes, Harsher sentencing may have something to do with it, but it could just as well have increased our crime rate and been counteracted by one of the other factors. There is no scientific consensus to support your claim.
- Retric 14y agoVideo games are actually one of the leading suspects for the drop in violent crimes.