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Say it with me everybody, ‘Correlation does not equal causation.’
But "it is almost a perfect correlation (.77, with 1.00 being a perfect correlation) as Figure 1 shows“!
Crimes rates have plummeted in the U.S. since the mid-1990s. Most of the credit for this remarkable trend has been given to an enlarged criminal justice system—largely more police, tougher sentencing and a massive prison complex.
I’m doubting the legitimacy of the article, based entirely on this opening sentence alone. It’s pretty well established that an enlarged criminal justice system does little to reduce crime. No one’s giving it credit except those lining their pockets.