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Violent Crime Fell in 2007; Areas with lower incarceration rates experienced greater crime reductions

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Violent Crime Fell in 2007; Areas with lower incarceration rates experienced greater crime reductions Monday, September 15, 2008 Justice Policy Institute WASHINGTON, D.C.--Violent crime in the United States fell by 1.4 percent in 2007, according to an analysis released today by the Justice Policy Institute. The analysis, which is based on findings in the 2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report released today, finds that the drop in crime came at a time when the prison and jail growth rates fell from previous years. The analysis concluded that regions with the lowest incarceration rates also experienced the largest drops in violent crime. The number of violent and property crimes fell in three of the four regions of the country. The northeast region experienced the greatest drop in violent crime, and also has the lowest incarceration rates in the country...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).