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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:15 PM Original message |
Major Cities' Plummeting Crime Rates Mystifying |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. No one can afford bullets or gas for the getaway car? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Erh......could it be Hope? |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Apathy |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Are you trying to pin the rap on Obama? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Well, they say they don't know why crime went down...... |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. It would not surprise me in the least |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. One obvious overlooked factor |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think most baby boomers are long past cause of crime |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. the youngest Boomers turn 45 this year |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. During the Great Depression violent crime was virtually nil in DC. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. "common belief that crime is connected to the economy is false" wtf? ..more |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nobody has anything worth stealing any more? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Crimes of murder is not solely based on theft..... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. The why arent they robbing pawn shops? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Christmas is coming... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. AIDS -- lots of dead or incapacitated junkies and prison inmates |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. I swear the gov has a black ops program to sedate the population |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You know this is a premise for great fiction... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Pthalates |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Thanks, thats interesting! |
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JesterCS (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. See the movie Equillibrium |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sent the bad actors to Iraq and Afghanistan? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Only so many hours in a day |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Crime rates were low in the 30s, as the article points out. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. BBBBBut we have a Black President, Crime will skyrocket, Just u wait. |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. there's no one to rob |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Disparity evokes crime. This downfall we all were hit. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. "the common belief that crime is connected to the economy is false." |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's the subliminal messages on the HDTV.... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hocked the iron? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Finally, the proliferation of "CSIs" and "Law & Orders" are having an effect |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Every day I hear more about the increased rates of shootings in Chicago |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Data point - observation bias (you heard does not make it true) |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Who is there left to rob? nt |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think the government has farmed all those criminal jobs out too... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. Depression? Ennui? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. Less exposure to Lead, too |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Very true! |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
35. K&R |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. clearly the result of liberalized concealed carry laws |
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Bankhead_ATL (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. damn too poor to rob or kill ....WOW. you have to put a robbery on lay away |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. the police that keep these records laid off ? ("Experts did not see this coming at all," ) |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
43. My money is on the weather... and abortion. |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's the accesibility of online porn! |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. Maybe the assholes all moved from those place to Kansas City. |
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