Chapter 6. Social Control and Deviance Page(s) 233-234 6.5. Apply sociological theories of social control and deviance to modern systems of justice Identify the reasons criminologists have proposed to explain the dramatic drop in crime in the United States since the 1990s. Proposed Reason(s) high levels of incarceration Press Space to open the aging of the population Press Space to open the stabilization of the crack epidemic Press Space to open declining inequality between households Press Space to open Not Proposed Reason(s) Based on the information provided and the research on the dramatic drop in crime in the United States since the 1990s, here are the proposed reasons: Proposed Reason(s): High levels of incarceration The aging of the population The stabilization of the crack epidemic **Not Proposed