There are many that profess that we need more "law and order" because there is too much crime, and by virtue of all of that additional "law and order", crime will be reduced because the "bad" guys will be incarcerated, leaving the world to consist of solely good guys and thereby good law abiding citizens. Yet, this belief in the efficiency of "law and order" is belied by the very fact that in 21st century, never have so many been incarcerated; yet, crime rates, while trending down recently, are still substantially above the baseline that existed in America back in 1960, indicating that the mere incarceration of individuals does not, in and of itself, resolve crime issues in America.
One of the things that many commentators do not wish to discuss, or choose not to discuss, about crime rates in America, is the fact that the more unequal a country is in regards to its wealth and income distribution, the more crime that is thereby produced. Intuitively, this makes sense, for if we were to postulate that everybody had the exact same wealth, of which that wealth was enough to have a pretty decent life -- there would thereby be far less crime, because crimes that are committed primarily because of lack would be reduced to a bare minimum. On the other hand, when we picture countries in which the lion's share of the wealth is held in the hands of the privileged 1%, and of which the middle class, once robust, is now fraying, and the lower class, is ill educated, and without opportunity or hope, then one would expect that crime would be prevalent, which is the case within America.
America is a capitalistic society, of which, within that capitalism as practiced at the highest levels, there is a definite construct that bends, cheats, and manipulates the system to such a large extent, that the end result is that we have a very small amount of favored winners, that thereby take in a gargantuan amount of the corresponding profits, wealth, and assets; leaving the balance thereof to be fought for by all those that are not part of that privileged position or class. So too, with systemic racism, with prejudicial law enforcement, with an often misguided and unjust criminal justice system; combined with distinct pockets of utter abject poverty, decaying public schools, poor healthcare, dysfunctional families, and hopelessness, this creates and perpetuates a lower class that has no firm foundation to build upon, but rather must hustle to scratch their way into some semblance of a decent life. We should not then be surprised, that those that have been forsaken are going to have a strong inclination to do what they need to do, in their own competitive way, to make something of their lives, so as to achieve some sort of success, by any and all economic means so possible.
This signifies what should already be obvious, which is that a meaningful percentage of what has been defined as crime by the state, is that which is being committed by people who are left without any other means but to commit crime in order to have a fighting chance to get some portion of that great, big, fat, rich pie that America represents, in whole. Remember this well, those that have nothing, are fairly entitled to have something, and when the state does not do its part to ameliorate such, those that lack the accouterments of a fair and sustainable life will do what they have to do.