Are We Living In The Good ‘Ole Days?
Reduced Crime Rates Recall Golden Era
For the past twenty years the United States has been living through a phenomenon. In a recent Washington Post editorial, Chales Lane wrote,
Between 1991 and 2010, the homicide rate in the United States fell 51 percent, from 9.8 per 100,000 residents to 4.8 per 100,000. Property crimes such as burglary also fell sharply during that period; auto theft, once the bane of urban life, dropped an astonishing 64 percent. And FBI data released Dec. 19 show that the trends continued in the first half of 2011. With luck, the United States could soon equal its lowest homicide rate of the modern era: 4.0 per 100,000, recorded in 1957.
You read that right…1957! “Only 38 percent of Americans say they fear walking alone at night within a mile of their homes, according to Gallup, down from 48 percent three decades ago.” Id. The drop in crime rates is also having a measurable impact on our collective feelings of well being. “In August 1994, 52 percent of Americans told Gallup that crime was the most important issue facing the country; in November 2011, only 1 percent gave that answer.” Id.
Lane’s main point is one that we cannot overlook, “[o]n the whole, though, what’s most striking about the crime decline is how little we know about its precise causes. ” Id. He goes on to stat that “[c]ontrary to liberal belief, incarcerating more criminals for longer periods probably helped reduce crime. Contrary to conservative doctrine, crime rates fell while Miranda warnings and other legal protections for defendants remained in place.” Id. What is important to all of us is to realize the world around us is abetter place. As a person who has spent all of his life in the criminal justice system, I know that it will always be a battle. For just a moments let’s savor what we have.
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