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EOTE

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6. Correct. A fairly significant drop in crime occured just as the children who would have been
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 02:51 PM
Jan 2012

born before RvW would have come of age. It's a sad fact that unwanted children are far more likely to enter a life of crime.

no link? AlecBGreen Jan 2012 #1
Dubner and Levitt in Freakonomics suggest a correlation to abortion maggiesfarmer Jan 2012 #3
Correct. A fairly significant drop in crime occured just as the children who would have been EOTE Jan 2012 #6
There's about a billion theories. TheWraith Jan 2012 #9
Oh, I forgot to add technology. TheWraith Jan 2012 #13
REASON.COM? whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #14
Somebody wanted a link, I googled for it. TheWraith Jan 2012 #16
Uh huh... whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #19
Care to elaborate on that statement? TheWraith Jan 2012 #22
Nope whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #23
LINK maggiesfarmer Jan 2012 #11
Precious salt for the wounds of the victims. LanternWaste Jan 2012 #2
So because something bad happened to someone, we should ignore that crime is down? TheWraith Jan 2012 #10
Demographics Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #4
that is probably a major part of the equation Douglas Carpenter Jan 2012 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #5
That's correct. However, there's very little evidence to suggest that concealed carry lowers crime. EOTE Jan 2012 #8
Yes, and many of the others loosened their laws. TheWraith Jan 2012 #12
Almost entirely prison. former9thward Jan 2012 #15
while U.S. incarceration rates dwarf that of all other countries while still having by far the Douglas Carpenter Jan 2012 #17
Which only demonstrates how high our violent crime rate would be former9thward Jan 2012 #18
but what is the rest of the western world doing right and we are doing wrong that gives us a Douglas Carpenter Jan 2012 #21
That line of reasoning is pretty ridiculous. TheWraith Jan 2012 #24
No it is not "ridiculous". former9thward Jan 2012 #25
Replaced by terrorism treestar Jan 2012 #20
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