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Crime Rate Puzzle

By: Radley Balko

In this article the author Balco points out ” The more criminals we incarcerate you would think the crime rate would decrease. But in turn

Steve Messner a criminologist at the University of Missouri in St Louis. State in a series of studies published in 2009 ” that during the last 15 years

, states with lower incarceration rates saw bigger drops in crime on average, then those with lock-em up policies”. The incarceration increase by more

then 100% in the 1980’s. However, violent crime still increased that decade by 22%. On the other hand Sam Walker believes ” You can alter variables to make them say whatever you want them to say”.

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