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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 5023912" data-attributes="member: 66082">Again, crime dropped in &quot;western&quot; nations in the 1990&#039;s or even States in America even if those nations or states didn&#039;t increase spending on police or locking people up with longer sentences.&nbsp; What drives crime reductions or crime increases is just not clear.&nbsp; The reality is that people in America rarely get caught for braking the law.&nbsp; Look at the clearance rates for most crimes, its very low<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Characteristic</td><td>Percent of offenses cleared by arrest</td></tr><tr><td>Murder and nonnegligent homicide</td><td>54.4 %</td></tr><tr><td>Aggravated assault</td><td>46.4 %</td></tr><tr><td>Violent crime</td><td>41.7 %</td></tr><tr><td>Rape</td><td>30.6 %</td></tr></table><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/" target="_blank">6 more rows ...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 5023912, member: 66082"] Again, crime dropped in "western" nations in the 1990's or even States in America even if those nations or states didn't increase spending on police or locking people up with longer sentences. What drives crime reductions or crime increases is just not clear. The reality is that people in America rarely get caught for braking the law. Look at the clearance rates for most crimes, its very low [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Characteristic[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Percent of offenses cleared by arrest[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Murder and nonnegligent homicide[/TD] [TD]54.4 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Aggravated assault[/TD] [TD]46.4 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Violent crime[/TD] [TD]41.7 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rape[/TD] [TD]30.6 %[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [URL='https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/']6 more rows ...[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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