Violent Crimes Up for the First Time in Nearly Two Decades

It is sometimes difficult to believe, based on the horrible stories that get covered non-stop on the 24-hour news cycle, but violent crime actually has been decreasing for about two decades. The incidences of assaults and rapes and robberies have shown a downward slope since 1993. From 1993 through 2010, violent crime in the United States decreased by 65%. That’s remarkable and a testament to better trained law enforcement, effective laws and sentencing, and many other factors. Unfortunately,...