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The great crime decline is happening all across the country

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erkt · 1790557944 · focus · HN ↗
Failure to prosecute crime leads to crime stat drops.
1. UncleMeat · 1790618364 · focus · HN ↗
  There are two major sources of crime stats: police data and a national survey that asks people whether they have recently been a victim of a crime. The latter is unaffected by prosecutorial discretion and it also shows declines.

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