re: Study Finds Increased Incarceration Has Marginal-to-Zero Impact on Crime

quote:

---

Im sure it was a truce amongst the gangs that caused the decline...

---

There were many factors involved. Your reduction to "it was prison" simply is not supported by any of the available research. Yes, it was probably PARTLY prison.

Here are some interesting links on the topic:

LINK

quote:

---

Reasonable as it might sound, the research turns out to be far less conclusive. A panel from the National Academy of Sciences looked at the existing research for its landmark 2012 report on the American prison system. They concluded that “on balance,” higher incarceration rates had a “modest” effect on the decline. But they also cautioned that a lack of clear evidence means any benefits were “unlikely to have been large.”

---

LINK

Somewhat Louisiana-centric analysis