Americans are scared, and they are angry. The scary orgy of violent crime has made average citizens afraid to walk the streets in front of their homes. And this fear has fueled a public cry to end the killing fields in America. Americans have had enough, and they want to know why known criminals were let back out on the streets so they could kill Polly Klaas and James Jordan. In addition to the financial cost is the psychological cost of devastated lives and a loss of security.
Past solutions seem ineffective.
Massive spending on social programs, massive spending on prisons, and sweeping changes in sentences seem to have little effect. No wonder there is such anger and a clamor for change. Crime Rate Is Increasing. The recent string of heinous crimes does not represent a sudden wave of crime in America. But in addition to the steady increase of crime has been the changing nature of these crimes.