re: Does abortion being legal explain the dramatic drop in violent crime?

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It's still not as low as it was in the 40s. Ask yourself why did it increase, not why is it half way lower.

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Easy.

Baby Boom.

The vast majority of crime is committed by men aged 18-35. Now, as for the 40s. Uh. Men in that age bracket were somewhat occupied and then, after the war, their population was somewhat reduced!

Then, we had a baby boom. Which led to a shite ton of 18-35 year olds for a good amount of time until the baby bust.

And again. Since crime is computed as a RATE...........even if the men age 18-35 never stop committing crime with the same frequency per person aged 18-35, your rate will be enormously affected by first, a huge increase in 18-35 year olds FOLLOWED by a huge cratering of 18-35 year olds just as that other huge group gets old.