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February 9, 2010

Liberal Crime Theory Fail

Posted by The MaryHunter at February 9, 2010 3:55 PM

Conventional wisdom holds that, in an economic downturn, crime rates should spike. However, the reality is that, with over 7 million jobs lost in the last two years, the crime rate in the U.S. as fallen to its lowest level since the 1960s. Wall Street Journal Editor Paul Gigot interviews Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute, who credits the fall in crime to the spread of increased policing and incarceration, such as was brought to New York City by Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

In summary, the social theory of crime propounded by the progressives was basically another excuse for wealth redistribution: take from the rich, give to the poor, and all would be sweetness and light (with lower crime rates). Studies, however, have shown instead that cracking down on crime actually reduces crime. Chalk another one up for common sense over lame, unfounded progressive social theory.

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