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Do Prisons Reduce Crime? Crime News

March 9, 2010

Crime in America.Net staff
We have been in and out of prisons hundreds of times. You can’t walk out of a prison without feeling that they are massive wastes of humanity. Prisons are overcrowded and lack services that most offenders need to survive in the outside world.
Prisons are incredibly expensive and most states are trying to find [...]

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Arrests: Are Half of American Men Arrested?

November 18, 2009

Data on Arrest Records Aren’t Always by the Book
Old Reports Suggesting One-Third to One-Half of All Men Are Apprehended Had Flaws, but New Studies Confirm a High Rate

By CARL BIALIK–Printed in The Wall Street Journal

 More than 40 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s crime commission reported that half of American men would be arrested at [...]

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If Crime is at Record Lows, then Why is Perception of Crime at Record Highs?

November 11, 2009

Criminological Question of the Week
 We posted research on Crime in America.Net regarding new Gallup Polls and what’s on the minds of Americas regarding their perceptions of crime and their ranking of crime concerns.
Question—if crime is at record lows for the country (see below):
·    http://crimeinamerica.net/2009/09/15/american-crime-rates-lower-in-2008-based-on-crimes-reported-to-police-fbi/
·    http://crimeinamerica.net/2009/09/08/violent-crime-rate-remained-unchangedwhile-theft-rate-declined-in-2008/.
…then why are Americans perceiving increased crime, and why is that perception [...]

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