How To Decrease Crime In The 1990's

According to (Hoover,2014) in the 1990's there was a booming economy in the United States and that booming economy certainly accounted for some of the drops in crime. The precipitous drop in crime in the 1990's also was due to the increase in the number of police officers, better police strategies, there was an increase in the prison rates. Consequently, there was a decrease in property crime such as auto theft and burglary. Also, there was a decline in violent crimes as well such as murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, sexual assault, and robbery. With the increasing number of police bodies on the streets, this helps clean up a mass amount of crime off the street with the help of corrective strategies that were utilized during this time frame. …show more content…
During this time education was beginning to take a front seat in this profession. Although it was in the beginning phase, it was still at a good starting point for everyone. Nevertheless, with the increasing prison population, the 1990's was the time frame where the incarceration rates and parole offenses hit harder than ever before. Prisoners were experiencing increased punishment for harsh crimes committed escalating the population. Therefore, important factors decreased crime in the 90's, where it fell drastically and unexpectedly as well. The main factors that help explain the drastic decline are listed above, however, there are more factors that contributed to the decline of crime during this time but were not as important in my opinion. The leading factors are what help elevate the crime and make the 90's one of the more successful years regarding crime