The decline in crime in inner-city communities throughout the 1980s and 1990s combined with a national shift toward aggressive policing and harsher sentencing to vastly increase the imprisonment rates of African-American boys and men.

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The decline in crime would not directly increase imprisonment rates; rather, aggressive policing and harsher sentencing policies contributed to higher imprisonment rates.

The Decline in Crime in Inner-City Communities Throughout the 1980s