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I've lived in major american cities across the country for my entire life during that time period, crime has steadily declined. on the data side there isn't really disagreement about that. what explains the widespread sentiment that crime is rising? why do so many people believe that cities, in general, are overrun by crime and underpoliced? most interesting to me is that people across regions, demographics, political affiliation are extremely concerned about U.S. (national) crime & routinely think its worse than the year before. but those same respondents, again across the board, are far less worried about crime's seriousness in their local area. they still think its worse than before. it's almost accepted wisdom at this point. what explains the gap in data & sentiment? and perceptions of local crime (not bad but more than before) vs. national crime (bad & getting worse!)
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One party preys on fear and pushs the crime narrative - it has always been effective and even takes hold across party affiliation (which is why they do it).
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Politics explains some of this - but it’s across both parties. Politicians have talked about policing policies needing to address “sentiment” not actual crime (!) Democrats have implemented ‘tough on crime’ immigration policies since Obama (deportations, detentions) policies that lead to our enormous (proportionally) prison populations nationally enjoy essentially bipartisan support. Less dem voters than republicans think crime is up, but lots still think so!
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