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Don't forget the drop in the number of younger men, the most likely to become criminals, as the Baby Boomers grew older. Not to mention a bunch of the incorrig
by hga 10y ago
Don't forget the drop in the number of younger men, the most likely to become criminals, as the Baby Boomers grew older. Not to mention a bunch of the incorrigibles getting locked up for long periods of time.
- maxerickson 10y agoThe number of Millenials is about the same as the number of Boomers. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/25/millennials-overtake-baby-boomers/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/25/millennials-... Note that the article talks about the number of living Boomers and Millenials surpassing them. I'm not making that point. The max number of Boomers was about 79 million. 75 million Millenials is quite comparable to that.
- hga 10y agoWe normally look at crimes by rates, X per 100,000, so the fact that the total population is quite a bit bigger between the two periods is significant. So is the fact that the item you're comparing today's still living, old Boomers to a by definition much younger Millennial population. There were once quite a few more Boombers, and circling back to my entire point, young Boomers of the criminal producing age.
- maxerickson 10y agoNo, I'm comparing the 75 million living Millenials to the 79 million peak population of the Boomers. But I repeat myself. I also disagree that a ~5% difference would be likely to drive significant differences in crime rates. Later: Yes, that Millenials are a smaller percentage of the population would complicate the comparison.