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and elected mayors who cared about fighting crime more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_Unit

and elected mayors who cared about fighting crime more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States It's not at all clear that the drop in the crime rate since the 90s can be solely attributed to greater policing.

mc32 13y ago
No but it doesn't exacerbate the issue. See Detroit and Chicago for their experience with crime in 'a time of declining crime rates'.