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Headings: Report: CompStat does reduce crime
Report: CompStat does reduce crime
Content: Its biggest finding: increased incarceration had a limited effect on declining crime rates. Since 2000, the effect on crime rates of increasing incarceration has been essentially zero. The United States has 25 percent of the world’s prisoners and has incarcerated a higher percentage of its people and for a longer period than any other democracy, the report noted. In addition to CompStat, the report also found that an aging population, changes in income, and decreased alcohol consumption affected crime rates. Consumer confidence and inflation also seem to have contributed to crime reduction, according to reviews of other past research, according to the report. About the Author
Kathleen Hickey is a freelance writer for GCN.