7 Less time, less crime.

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From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. scored a criminal-justice twofer: fewer inmates, less crime. The national incarceration rate fell 8.4 percent, and the combined violent and property crime rate dropped 14.6 percent, Pew reports, citing Justice Department data. In 31 states, the imprisonment and crime rates dropped simultaneously. Violent and property crime rates, which peaked in 1991, returned to levels last seen in the late 1960s.

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