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To: greenspirit who wrote (271459)	7/8/2002 5:08:02 PM
From: rich4eagle	Respond to of 769670

Mike, you are very wrong in that misguided view

To: greenspirit who wrote (271459)	7/8/2002 5:14:52 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "we had far less violent crime in the great depression then we do today." >>> Correct. But no correlation is perfect, and times (and people) do change. Re: "Additionally, when incomes rose throughout the late 60's and 70's violent crime also rose." >>> Also correct, but you forget that the number 1 factor I mentioned (demographics) was at play then: a great surge of baby boomers were young then... a 'tidal wave' of youth. >>> Young people commit the bulk of violent crimes. >>> The two correlations I mentioned (Youth, and Economic status), while not perfect predictors, are still the two strongest influences on crime.