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rollo
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| Probably several factors some already named but I think the passing of the crack epidemic is the main reason violent crime is down. |
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asylum seeker
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| conrad2 wrote: |
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| A major reason the US crime rate dropped dramatically in the 90s is because of the legalization and normalization of abortion nationwide. Roe v Wade occurred in the 70s. The aborted fetuses would have all come of crime commiting age in the 90s. Women who aborted their babies were in lower social classes and/or less likely to give their kids proper upbringings. |
So you read freakonomics too huh? |
Yes. Hard to refute his theory. |
It's been refuted by some already:
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| The Boston Fed's Mr. Foote says he spotted a missing formula in the programming of Mr. Levitt's original research. He argues the programming oversight made it difficult to pick up other factors that might have influenced crime rates during the 1980s and 1990s, like the crack wave that waxed and waned during that period. He also argues that in producing the research, Mr. Levitt should have counted arrests on a per-capita basis. Instead, he counted overall arrests. After he adjusted for both factors, Mr. Foote says, the abortion effect disappeared. |
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113314261192407815-HLjarwtM95Erz45QPP0pDWul8rc_20061127.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top |
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asylum seeker
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:53 am Post subject: |
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DC had its lowest number of murders in 40 years. Neighboring Prince Geoges county's crime has shot up in recent years however. My census district was 95% black in 1990. 2000 it was around 75%. Now? 55-60%. Hmm.
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I assume you've seen the video of the black kids randomly assaulting some white mangina/beta at a metro station?
http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-on-foot/2011/01/man-attacked-by-kids-at-l-enfant-metro----bystanders-watch-film-6880.html
He waves his finger and says "stop". Never once fights back. Though judging from the onlookers, fighting back may have made a bad situation deadly. |
If the races of the victim and assailants were reversed it would probably have been called a hate crime. |
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Steelrails
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| I think they had something on Slate that suggested that the decline might be linked to a decline in the use of cash. Money remains the primary reason for crime. Reduce cash and it may produce a dip a crime. |
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