The major difference between this crime spike and the one in the 1960s and 70s is that people know this one didn't have to happen. In the 60s and 70s people thought crime was a force of nature that was just emerging from the social tumult.
The reforms starting with Giuliani in NY in the 90s, and spreading across the country proved this wasn't true. Crime could be controlled in the Gov't acted properly, and people's lives (especially poor people's) could be made dramatically better by drastically lowering crime.
This current spike in crime was chosen. The political elites of most of our large cities chose to end the police and criminal justice practices that brought crime under control. That's why people are pissed. Our government chose to allow a crime wave,
Crime started to grow from historic lows in the 1960's and 70's, but the previous peak in urban violent street crime in America was the early 1990's, not the 60's and 70's.
The major difference between this crime spike and the one in the 1960s and 70s is that people know this one didn't have to happen. In the 60s and 70s people thought crime was a force of nature that was just emerging from the social tumult.
The reforms starting with Giuliani in NY in the 90s, and spreading across the country proved this wasn't true. Crime could be controlled in the Gov't acted properly, and people's lives (especially poor people's) could be made dramatically better by drastically lowering crime.
This current spike in crime was chosen. The political elites of most of our large cities chose to end the police and criminal justice practices that brought crime under control. That's why people are pissed. Our government chose to allow a crime wave,
Crime started to grow from historic lows in the 1960's and 70's, but the previous peak in urban violent street crime in America was the early 1990's, not the 60's and 70's.
Correct. The increase started in the 60's and the high level of crime persisted until the 90s.