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FBI's latest data shows 'historic' drop in crime: Garland (abcnews.go.com)

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The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday -- a trend that Attorney General Merrick Garland called "historic."

Reported incidents of violent crime dropped 15% between January and March of this year compared to the same period last year, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Data.

Murders dropped by more than 26% in the same time period, the data shows.

The FBI has not released details about the number of incidents for the categories of crime. It will do so when 80% participation levels are met, the agency said.

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[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 13 points 2 years ago

Is this more confirmation of the Lead Crime Hypothesis? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis)

[-] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 19 points 2 years ago

Imagine how much crime would drop if we had basic housing and income for everyone!

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 22 points 2 years ago

Turns out we already have some clear data, and don't need to speculate.

What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universal-basic-income/

City-funded housing repairs in low-income neighborhoods associated with drop in crime https://phys.org/news/2021-07-city-funded-housing-low-income-neighborhoods-crime.pdf

The Unsung Role That Ordinary Citizens Played in the Great Crime Decline https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/upshot/the-unsung-role-that-ordinary-citizens-played-in-the-great-crime-decline.html

VERIFY: Does affordable housing bring more crime? (note, the answer as usual is no.) https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/verify/verify-does-affordable-housing-bring-more-crime/93-560002876

Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net https://www.npr.org/2024/03/05/1233440910/cash-aid-guaranteed-basic-income-social-safety-net-poverty

[-] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 5 points 2 years ago

Sweet I've seen a few of those! I was hoping someone had them on hand =)

Thanks for sharing man!

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 4 points 2 years ago

I was curious,too. So I put a more or less direct quote of your question in DDG. :-D

[-] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks! <3

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