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Violent crime where on the increase until the mid-90 when the number of

Machon Gregory. Violent crime where on the increase until the mid-90 when the number of crimes started to decrease. Some attributed the decrease to legislation with stiffer penalties, while others attribute the decrease to the legalization of

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Violent crime where on the increase until the mid-90 when the number of

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  1. Machon Gregory Violent crime where on the increase until the mid-90 when the number of crimes started to decrease. Some attributed the decrease to legislation with stiffer penalties, while others attribute the decrease to the legalization of abortion which caused many of the would be felony not to be born.* Dataset from Bureau of Justice Statistics *conjecture by S. D. Levitt in Freakonomics

  2. Machon Gregory Even through violent crimes began to decrease stiffer penalties, such as the 3 strikes drug possession law, and larger police forces led to a steady increase in the prison population. Dataset from Bureau of Justice Statistics

  3. Machon Gregory It seems that as violent crimes decrease as is the use of capital punishment. The decline in the graph around the early 21st century is a direct result of the decrease of violent crimes in the mid-90 because inmates remain on death row for about 8 years. Dataset from Bureau of Justice Statistics

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