| Louie_86 said: Crime rates in USA have dropped enormously over the last 35 years tho. Like, seriously a huge decrease. |
Unfortunately, the statistics don't tell the whole story. A portion of the reason crime rates have dropped dramatically is the reduction in applying criminality in some major cities to things that were traditionally criminal.
I can't speak to how much crime rates have decreased as a function of this, of course. However, when you look at major cities in America you see large homeless encampments, huge swaths of drug users in the streets, certain crimes like shoplifting aren't as penalized (if at all), etc.
It could very well be that crime rates have still decreased even when accounting for all of this, but, personally, I think the decrease is more likely a shift from the "tough on crime" mindset. Which could be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it.
