The decrease in crime is related to the prior increase in abortions -
fewer potential criminals being born.
source: Ian Ayres, _Super Crunchers_ (2008), p. 13, citing to Steven D.
Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, _Freakonomics.
_Susan Freiman_
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Volokh, Eugene wrote:
Folks: Just a quick
One could argue that this is a classic example of the post hoc ergo propter hoc
fallacy, if of course, one were inclined to make such arguments.
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OK, my source was a little old, Bill Bennett, 1994 Index of Leading Cultural
Indicators, reprinted in Wall Street Journal article here:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/usadecline.html
I think his typographical error (560%) was actually 460% rise in violent crime,
according to the
