It is all connected: the crappy economy, lagging educational performance, declining place on the world stage, increasing crime...etc.
Can you solve the problem?
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Anonymous
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Crime is lower than it used to be. During the 1980's homicides peaked at 25k per year, whereas now they are around 8k each year.
I attribute the drop to two things:
1. The end of the Crack Wars meant that inner city youth stopped killing each other in record numbers, saving tens of thousands of lives.
2. Mass incarceration. Crime is a young man's game, and many criminals were locked up after their first offense, keeping them off the streets during their peak car-jacking years.
2 comments:
Crime is lower than it used to be. During the 1980's homicides peaked at 25k per year, whereas now they are around 8k each year.
I attribute the drop to two things:
1. The end of the Crack Wars meant that inner city youth stopped killing each other in record numbers, saving tens of thousands of lives.
2. Mass incarceration. Crime is a young man's game, and many criminals were locked up after their first offense, keeping them off the streets during their peak car-jacking years.
Oops! My sentence should be:
...whereas now there are around...
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