America’s incarceration rate is in decline

(www.theatlantic.com)

271 points paulpauper | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.405s | source

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1vuio0pswjnm7 ◴[25 Jun 25 21:12 UTC] No.44381880[source]▶

The Atlantic suggests this results from the release of those convicted during a decades long crime wave, which apprently took place when many of us grew up. Perhaps it also tracks with a progressive decline in law enforcement. Whether that is because crime waves not longer exist or whether it is some other reason is a question for the reader. A substanbtial amount of crime is now done via internet. Few are ever convicted.

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1. actuallyalys ◴[26 Jun 25 01:03 UTC] No.44383283[source]▶

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Crime is also down compared to where it was if you ask people directly [0].

[0]: https://ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov/multi-year-trends/crimeType

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2. 1vuio0pswjnm7 ◴[27 Jun 25 04:02 UTC] No.44393598[source]▶

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Good grief. There should be a federal law against that much Google Javascript and tracking on a government website without offering a non-Google, no-JS alternative.

https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/ncvs

https://ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov/data/custom-graphics/person/all_all...

The NCVS measures self-reported victims not convicts.

It does not measure criminal charges, convictions or imprisonment.

The NCVS is only focused on a subset of crimes, some of which do not carry prison sentences. For example, it excludes drug offences. It excludes manslaughter and homicide. It excludes financial crimes.

The survey is only given to census recipients, i.e., households and individuals. Non-residential addresses are not included. It only targets a subset of crime victims.

Perhaps better sources to look at would be UCR, SRS and NIBRS.

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