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America’s incarceration rate is in decline

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271 points paulpauper | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.286s | source
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outside1234 ◴[25 Jun 25 17:48 UTC] No.44379986[source]▶
Crime is also way down over the last 20 years:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-...

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WalterBright ◴[25 Jun 25 18:30 UTC] No.44380451[source]▶
At least in Seattle, crime is "way down" because many businesses have stopped reporting it, because the police don't respond to less serious crimes anymore.

A shopkeeper friend of mine closed his business in Seattle after multiple lootings of his place and the police never showing up. He relocated to a bedroom community.

Crime statistics are not necessarily accurate, and politicians have an interest in minimizing those statistics one way or another.

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1. tptacek ◴[25 Jun 25 22:57 UTC] No.44382568[source]▶
This is why the headline statistic for crime tracking is usually homicide, which is also down.