Read the following two articles. Since the early-mid 1990s through 2015, the United States has been experiencing a decline in rates of crime that has lasted for over 20 years. Please articulate the "mainstream" factors the author of the second article states that have contributed to declining rates of crime, and the limitations or weaknesses associated with each of these factors. What are the alternative cultural factors the author specifies? Given these factors, what policies might be implemented to ensure that rates of crime continue to decline?
www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2015/05/28/whats-behind-the-decline-in-crime/#b49ac0777336 (Links to an external site.)
https://www.academia.edu/6317654/Explaining_the_Great_American_Crime_Decline_A_Review_of_Blumstein_and_Wallman_Goldberger_and_Rosenfeld_and_Zimring_Explaining_the_Great_American_Crime_Decline