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I want to believe but... Looking at crime stats by age and gender of arrest [1] You see an across-the-board decline for men and women. You're telling me a 60 y

• vacri 13y ago
  So, keeping in context of my original comment, do you have statistics for how many 60-year-old women are engaged in teenage delinquency? Keep in mind that the period you're talking about in the US (1993+) is around the start of hysterical anti-crime politicking, with a soaring incarceration rate, and heavily increased funding for policing. Or for something more relevant to 60-year-old women in the 90s, how about it being more socially acceptable to leave an abusive husband? Or better social support services than previously? There's a lot of different things that affect crime - I'm not saying in the slightest that any one thing is responsible for crime or lack thereof.