Week 3 post

Consider the fact that you need to discuss, analyze, and formulate responsive positions based on your scholarly research. Be certain to base your responses on factual and actuarial information from the readings or other diverse scholarly resources.

DISCUSSION: Based on your reading of the materials required for this week, address the following: According to the sources studied this week, economy, imprisonment, and demography can be viewed as contributors to the crime decline in America during the 1990s, but their aggregate effect accounts for less than half (< 1/2) of the national crime drop. As a result,…

Explain how the foregoing proposition can be both reconciled and defended, and why you would agree or disagree with the referenced proposition.

Explain why the fluctuating consumption rate of crack cocaine and abortion may be considered causal variables in shifting crime rates experienced in the 1990s. Be certain and detailed when you defend your informed stance (based on your scholarly-based readings).

As always, you should limit your support sources to peer-reviewed articles, scholarly journals, published research reports, textbooks, etc. versus popular sources such as the ones previously mentioned/identified as unaccepted material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZcuaGSugLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZgSnKfN5U