Hat tip to a "lurker" for this article in The Economist, the full title is:Link:http://www.economist.com/node/21560870America’s safer streets. The great crime decline continues. No one is sure why
Some of the comments are interesting.The truth is that no one predicted America’s great crime decline, and no one has a definitive explanation for it. Particularly confounding has been an acceleration in the drop since 2008; many observers thought a poorer country would be a less law-abiding one....an ageing society like the United States should expect to experience less violent crime. Immigration also matters, he says: studies have repeatedly shown that cities with large immigrant populations experience lower rates of violent crime......in states with a particular fondness for imprisoning citizens, such as California, the policy may have done more harm than good.
As Chicago had its own thread a while back:The previous Chicago thread (2008-2012):http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=5319Most striking is an unexpected spike of gang-related violence in Chicago, where murders are up by 28% so far this year. Against a backdrop of a long-term decline in all crime in the city, as well as a 10% decline for the year, the sudden unrest has caused some alarm.
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