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Chicago police have arrested the fewest number of suspects in at least 20 years amid a crime wave that has continued raging in the city since 2020.
Chicago notched a record-low arrest rate in 2021, with arrests made in only 12% of crime cases that year compared to the 2005 record-high of arrests made in 31% of cases.
Chicago police have made arrests in fewer and fewer crimes in recent years. The decline mirrors a drop in nearly every category of officers’ activity tracked by the Chicago Police Department.
Recent studies support the existence of the Ferguson Effect
Recent studies support the existence of the Ferguson Effect