Read this online article. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/03/5-facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/ (Links to an external site.)
Research online on your own and read about the decline in U.S. murder rates over the past 20 years in the.
You must find reputable sources online, which means staying away from any websites that are trying to sell services or based on a set of opinions. You will know if the source is academic in nature if the article sites sources in a list of references or a bibliography.
After you find a couple of sources or articles and do your brief reading/research, write a 1-2-page paper summarizing the research you have found.
Explain why murder rates are on the decline WITHOUT using increased incarceration rates or improved policing as reasons for this decline. There are a lot of opinion articles and funded studies used to support the need for an increased police or corrections effort that can skew the understanding of this data. Read/write about other reasons the murder rate in the U.S. is on the decline.
