Crime and Criminal Justice Reform

Please be sure to listen to the NPR panel discussion and read the other two (short) articles and respond to the following:

1. What is the relationship between poverty and incarceration according to the (NPR) Fresh Air discussion on this topic? Discuss one other point from the discussion that you found to be surprising or interesting and why.

2.  What do you think accounts for the disconnect between American perceptions of crime and the fact that crime rates have actually fallen in the U.S. since the 1990s (see “5 facts about crime in the U.S.

U.S. Has World's Highest Incarceration Rate Despite Recent Declines

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/02/americas-incarceration-rate-is-at-a-two-decade-low/

NPR Fresh Air - Jailing the Poor

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477547366/is-america-engaged-in-a-vicious-cycle-of-jailing-the-poor

Things to Know about Violent Crime Rates - PEW Research

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/