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Crime Spending Enormous, Unexamined

Congress has authorized $30 billion in anti-crime spending over the past six years despite the fact that crime has decreased consistently since 1994. Crime spending is largely arbitrary, based on current fads in the criminal justice profession, and is rarely examined for effectiveness in stemming criminal behavior.

A Look At . . . Congress's Anti-Crime Spree, Washington Post, September 9, 2001.