Mass Incarceration Nation How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover
Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- 18 What Success Looks Like
- 19 (Mostly) Abolish the Feds
- 20 Less Crime, Part 1
- 21 Less Crime, Part 2
- 22 Reducing Admissions and Shortening Stays
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
21 - Less Crime, Part 2
Decreased Offending
from Part IV - The Road to Recovery
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- 18 What Success Looks Like
- 19 (Mostly) Abolish the Feds
- 20 Less Crime, Part 1
- 21 Less Crime, Part 2
- 22 Reducing Admissions and Shortening Stays
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
Summary
One important piece of the return to the 1970s is to return to 1970s levels of crime. The good news is we are already well on our way. As Figure 21.1, from the PEW Research Center, shows, the United States has been enjoying steady declines in the crime rate since the 1990s.1
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- Mass Incarceration NationHow the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover, pp. 179 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022