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According to lecture and the reading, have crime rates in the U.S. gone up, gone down, or stayed about the same since the 1990s?  From lecture, give three potential explanations for this trend. 

1. According to lecture, are increasing imprisonment rates a reason for the decline in crime rates?  Why or why not (give one reason cited in lecture)?  From lecture, give two explanations for why the U.S. imprisonment rate kept climbing even after the total crime rate began to fall.

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