Criminology Theories

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Criminology Theories

There is much research to support the notion that despite exponential increases in incarceration rates in the United States since the 1970s, violent crime rates have remained high, and have even increased in certain jurisdictions. And although violent crime rates have slowly declined over the past ten to twenty years, these longer-term findings still call into question the effectiveness of the policy of attempting to use incarceration as a meaningful response to criminal behavior. Research also suggests a shift in punitive ideology away from the use of mass incarceration and toward more rehabilitative or restorative approaches to ...