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So, PCs?

• derefr 8y ago
  The type of people who commit major crimes are the least likely to own a computer. Especially back in the 90s. So that wouldn't help explain much.
  • groestl 8y ago
    I know there are potentially lots of other confounding variables (like socioeconomic status), but would that kind of correlation not support the thesis? I know that me and my friends did much fewer stupid things as soon as we got a computer and internet.
    • derefr 8y ago
      No, I meant it specifically causally. As in, the people who commit crimes are the last group to catch up to technological trends. So technological trends cannot be used to explain sudden shifts (= coincident to the new technology) in the behavior of that group.