The_Decrease_In_Crime_In_The_U.S._Over_The_Past_Eight_Years

The Decrease In Crime In The U.S. Over The Past Eight Years The Decrease in Crime in the U.S. Over the Past Eight Years The recent decrease in crime rates in the U.S has been attributed to various theories ranging from community policing to the legalization of abortion in the 1970¡¦s. But the general agreement on the falling crime rate in the U.S is that there is no singular event, policy, or social action that can account for the decrease during the last eight years. Individuals and organizations assessing the cause and implications of this decline are arriving at a unified theory attributing the combination of efforts as the reason. The theories that have been mentioned to be a contributing factor on the decrease in crime are: community policing, longer prison sentences and more time served, the decrease in alcohol consumption, the decline in crack cocaine-based violence, a strong religious background, the aging of the baby boomers, the strong economy, and the legalization of abortion beginning in the 1970¡¦s. Each theory has supporting evidence as to how it has contributed to the decrease of violence. Although it may seem that one theory may contribute more to the reduction of crime than another; they are all vital components necessary crime, rate, decrease, because, been, theory, community, crimes, time, now, abortion, people, alcohol, years, violent, prison, policing, police, out, criminals, therefore, sentences, longer, drug, crack, between, violence, strong, served, offenders, increase, cocaine, boomers, being, another