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Interesting coverage of "The Great American Crime Drop"

By Douglas A. Berman

The folks at The Crime Report have this terrific two-part series exploring the recent reduction in crime rates in the United States: The Great American Crime Drop, Part 1: "Homicides and other violent crimes plunged in 2009, accelerating a decline that began in 1993.  In this two-part series, we ask: what?s going on?" The Great American Crime Drop, Part II: "Some of America?s noted criminologists examine some of the most common explanations for the country?s falling violent crime rates ? and find them lacking."

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).