That is the jest of our article. They can change the variables to suit their findings. And a lot of the findings are unreliable.
Summary
Crime Rate Puzzle
By: Radley Balko
In this article the author Balco points out ” The more criminals we incarcerate you would think the crime rate would decrease. But in turn
Steve Messner a criminologist at the University of Missouri in St Louis. State in a series of studies…
So… states with a lower incarceration rate saw a decline in crime, was this due to other programs, rehabilitation, etc.? Sounds like they think the variables were perhaps tampered with to make the stats sound like facts? Just wondering?.
Wait and see our project and you’ll find out :P
hmmm that sounds very interesting! i cant wait to hear what you find. It could sound logical that the lower the incarceration rate the lower the crime rate but that might be a little too good to be true
