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Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement by Pxtl on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @08:35AM (#10973283)
Giulianis success in NYC was consistent enforcement, not harsher sentences.
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Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement by ThomPete on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @10:01AM (#10973673)
And as many speculate the removal of lead in the gasoline.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27067615

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Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement by RankingMember on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @03:10PM (#10975644)
Very interesting. On a similar note, John Donohue and Steven Levitt theorized that the result of Roe v. Wade and the resultant availability of abortions resulted in a drop in crime beginning roughly 18 years later: http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/DonohueLevittT...
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