Comments on: Plummeting Crime Rates Puzzle Experts

Washington Post: Criminologists Say Drop in Violent Crime in Major Cities Nationwide Is Baffling and Unexpected

[sightpoint]

I hear divorce is down also. Either can't afford it or johnny can't run no more at night so jenny isn't getting all bent out of shape. Dare we say it...Poverty saves. Everybody give away your money! Send it to...Me@ this location dot com.

[sightpoint]

You have lost your mind! The ONLY thing all that does is increase jail populations with convictions for the pettiest of crimes.

[cpqdk07191969]

Please name ONE THING Obama has done to reduce violent crime in WDC.

[tmittelstaed]

There are just a number of factors that have converged.


1) More use of DNA evidence means more people are getting caught
2) Many states have longer mandatory sentences than years ago
3) some criminals have moved to more profitable crimes like identity theft
4) worse economy means there's less valuable stuff to steal
5) Worse econmy means fewer people can afford to buy drugs

[sightpoint]

I hear divorce is down also. Either can't afford it or johnny can't run no more at night so jenny isn't getting all bent out of shape. Dare we say it...Poverty saves. Everybody give away your money! Send it to...Me@ this location dot com.

[kevboom]

Whatever you need to tell yourself to sleep at night. Just remember, for every 10 mil purchased "legally" (ha ha), there's probably another mil purchased under the table at gun shows "illegally" by people who shouldn't have them. And that's the gun that will eventually kill someone in your extended family. Have fun justifying that.

[jxknowles]

Now that I have the ants riled with a stick down the anthill (I luv it!), here's the real scoop. New technolgy, available to Police Departments and citizens, is responsible for the drop in crime. No one is really puzzled by this.

Police forces, with help from public tips and rewards, are targeting gangs in large numbers. That is driving out the drug business, which in turn drives out the street criminals.

Police Departments are increasingly using high tech video surveillance. They can respond to calls quicker and ID perps faster.

They are putting more officers on the streets and fewer behind desks. Those with injuries, incapable of street patrol, are behind desks.

Neighborhood patrols and 911 web-sites warn citizens of crimes as they happen.

Cell phones and video have all allowed law enforcement to respond to situations quickly and effectively.

If you compare what PDs were doing ten years ago to today, it is a marked difference. I'll conceed guns to deter crime, but it is a small piece of the equation.

[sightpoint]

You have lost your mind! The ONLY thing all that does is increase jail populations with convictions for the pettiest of crimes.

[dwilson59]

Sightpoint

It was sarcasm sorry

[John_Merritt]

A Few More:

11.) People are walking around with less money, and criminals don't want to walk away with nothing.

12.) More people are walking around, instead of buying. There are more 'eyes' out there.

13.) Technology: Nearly everybody has a cellphone with a camera or recording device. It is easy to be captured on film.

14.) There are the same, if not more police presence on the street.

15.) The criminals are getting smarter and more savvy. There are an increase in cyber crimes and each of us needs to be very wary of our accounts.

If I can think of anything else, I'll add it. Have a good one guys.

[sightpoint]

More people have been killed in Chicago than in Afghanistan this year. That's Obama's town. I guess he was looking the other way. Obama has NOTHING to do with anything! Find something else to worship. Hopefully he'll do a good job but get out of his back side and take a breath.

[proud_churchgoer]

Crime has dropped significantly in my neighborhood since we posted signs that states "Good Christian families who gives lots of money to the church live here so God wants to keep the the money river flowing so he is watching over them".