Researchers Link Historic US Homicide Decline to Community Programs and Pandemic Recovery
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- A survey of nearly 50 crime scholars assessed the nation's historic homicide decline.
- The researchers found no single explanation for the drop.
- Community violence programs and pandemic recovery are among the factors cited; some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role.
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The assessment comes from a survey of nearly 50 crime scholars convened by the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice. Its finding that no single factor explains the decline challenges simple accounts of why homicides fell. The source text is short, so the full list of factors and the size of the decline are not covered here.
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As candidates debate public safety ahead of the midterm elections, a new assessment of the nation’s historic homicide decline suggests there is no single explanation for the drop — and that some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role. A survey of nearly 50 crime scholars convened by the nonpartisan Council on Criminal […]
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