Crime

The increase in crime across the country has caused some to simplify things by saying if you enforce the laws and put law breakers in jail crime will go down. Is there any evidence to support this claim? Violent crime nearly quadrupled (400%) between 1960 and its peak in 1991. Since then violent crime has decreased by 45% going from 684 per 100,000 population to 366. Many reasons are given for this decline but one of the more significant is the 1994 crime bill. This is known as the get tough on crime bill. What was the effect?The incarceration rate in 1960 was 240 per 100,000 population and in 2019 it was 750 per 100,000 or a 300% increase. Some say this bill was racist because it penalized crack users more than cocaine users and this may be true but the question remains does getting tough on crime reduce crime.