Crime and criminal justice are key issues in the 2024 presidential election: Here's where presidential candidates stand

Both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have extensive records when it comes to criminal justice policy.

Research shows crime has broadly declined in recent years.

In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden boasted that violent crime is at a 50-years low. But the perception of crime is clashing with the statistics.

While crime rates are declining in 2022 in major cities, Republican midterm candidates have seized on past the spikes in violence and voters' anxieties on the issue

Republicans are working to paint Democrats in key races as soft on crime heading into the midterm cycle's home stretch