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Re:Lead: America's Real Criminal Element (2013) by nabla9 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:16AM (#17355579)
Yes, but that would be more amazing than lead exposure explanation.

There certainly are other factors, but lead exposure seem like the strongest.

Re:Lead: America's Real Criminal Element (2013) by joe_the_user on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:41PM (#17357651)
Yes, but that [changes in lead usage being correlated with socio-economic factors] would be more amazing than lead exposure explanation.

Not really, infrastructure changes of various sorts are often correlated with socio-economic factors. There's a reason Flint, MI's water system was wantonly destroyed and not that of a wealth Connecticut Suburb.

Anyway, there are still researchers doubting whether lead was the primary cause of the 80s-2000s rise and decline of violence. Just googling, see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3829390/

But the main thing is single causes are hard in complex things like human society.

Re:Lead: America's Real Criminal Element (2013) by andorov on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:24PM (#17357453)
it's likely a society that has reached the point where it has the economic means & political will to replace lead pipes is also improving schools / etc at that point