The drop in crime is dramatic and statewide. During the Three Strikes era, the violent crime rate in California has dropped more than 26 percent. The six major crime categories are down by nearly a third and the homicide rate has plummeted more than 40 percent in just four years. The result of this drop in crime means that California now has its lowest homicide rate since 1970 and its lowest overall crime in 30 years. Let's look at the facts and use common sense-Ph.Ds and academic studies are not needed to tell us what works.
Crime is down dramatically.
California is not following a trend but setting the trend for the rest of the nation. Demographic changes and economic forces simply cannot explain the rapid decline in California's crime rate. To continue to argue that factors other than good police work and tough new crime laws are the principle reasons for the drop in crime is to ignore the facts and degrade the fine work by people like Mike Reynolds and the law enforcement of officers of this state. Consider this perspective. Personally, I do not believe that there is any cost that can be placed on ensuring a child is not the victim of a brutal sexual assault or a violent murder.