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Crime rates in the United States have dropped substantially since their peak in the early 1990s, and, while remaining above historical norms, the nation’s incarceration rate has receded as well.
The Senate Report (S. Rept. 116-127) accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L.