Interesting WSJ Article Regarding the Rise in Arrest Records

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article discussing the rise in arrest records in the U.S.  From the opening paragraphs:
America has a rap sheet.

Over the past 20 years, authorities have made more than a quarter of a billion arrests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates.  As a result, the FBI currently has 77.7 million individuals on file in its master criminal database - or nearly one out of every three American adults.
The full article is available here.

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