> I think this article is also wrong for implying that policies are not a factor I think that's a misread of the article. I think what it is showing is that pa

> I think this article is also wrong for implying that policies are not a factor I think that's a misread of the article. I think what it is showing is that partisan leadership, and the policies that flow with it, don't have the causal relationship that the narrative claims (which shows that the narrative is fictional/hypothetical). At the very least, the narrative does not explain the national trend, which one would think ought to be our focus. I don't think anyone, including the author of the article, thinks there is no connection between policies and aggregate crime outcomes. It's hard to imagine there wouldn't be. There's mostly disagreement about the size of the impact and which policies have which impact. You're right, there's been no explanation or investigation by the author about anomalies. That's a rather higher bar than the false narrative.