claim: "we are now seeing a decrease in violent crime."
author: charlie crist
evidence_1: apr 15, 2016 ... by virtually any metric, americans now live in one of the least violent ... but the  forces that drove the great american crime decline remain a mystery. ... maybe,  but it depends on what metric you use to measure economic growth. .... did they  see similar declines when they liberalized their abortion laws?
evidence_2: jan 16, 2018 ... the decline in violent crime has paved the way for the urban revival, and the  urban ... law enforcement became more effective at what they were doing by  using ... you note that not all cities saw the same kind of crime decline.
evidence_3: aug 9, 2018 ... "we're seeing decreases in total violent crime down 14 percent for the ... now you  see them – they really have that touch with the people in this ...
evidence_4: feb 11, 2015 ... we now know that we can reduce our prison populations and ... but over the past  25 years, the tide of crime and violence seemed to simply recede. ... during that  same period, we saw the birth of mass incarceration in the ...
evidence_5: may 28, 2015 ... as of 2013, the rate of violent crime victimization, as measured by the u.s. ... yet  if this were the main driver, we would expect to see dramatic ...