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re: Prison Population Timeline in the US
Posted on 9/20/17 at 9:22 pm to TheFonz
Posted on 9/20/17 at 9:22 pm to TheFonz
A 700% jump doesn't seem that big?
And clearly the bigger issue is the spike in the rate of increase around 1980. It would be one thing if that 700% increase happened in a pure linear trend, but virtually all of those gains occurred in the last 30-40 years. It sure seems significant
And clearly the bigger issue is the spike in the rate of increase around 1980. It would be one thing if that 700% increase happened in a pure linear trend, but virtually all of those gains occurred in the last 30-40 years. It sure seems significant
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Posted on 9/20/17 at 10:08 pm to funnystuff
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700% jump doesn't seem that big?
And clearly the bigger issue is the spike in the rate of increase around 1980. It would be one thing if that 700% increase happened in a pure linear trend, but virtually all of those gains occurred in the last 30-40 years. It sure seems significant
Graph looks about like the national debt graph. We don't worry about the debt graph, so why worry about the prison graph?
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