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psychohist

Crime and punishment

Dec 22, 2012 01:17

The general trend in crime rates for the past half century has been a general increase from the low levels of 1960 to a peak in 1980, followed by a general decline to fairly low levels today:

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crime, sociology, united states

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psychohist August 5 2013, 02:28:17 UTC

And, it turns out that the same inverse pattern of incarceration versus crime is true in Europe, too. That Europe has followed the same crime patterns is well known, but their incarceration patterns are similar as well. For example, in Germany, mental hospital incarceration rates fell during the period of rising crime, and rose as crime fell:

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