Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts

Re:Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts by carsongross on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @11:09AM (#2580103)

Demographics: most crime is committed by groups of young men. Fewer groups of young men, less crime.

Also, eventually your civilization collapses.

So it's a tradeoff.

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Re:Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts by bluekeybox on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @11:29AM (#2580190)

You first point is spot on. People spending time previously reserved for leisure and socialization at a computer screen -> fewer young males with enough spare time to organize into gangs. Unless you consider the Anonymous to be a gang.

Not sure about your point on civilization though. Yeah, water is wet, civilizations collapse, etc.

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Re:Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts by fourspace on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @11:18AM (#2580146)

So right before the end of civilization, there will be a brief period of relative peace?

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Re:Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts by carsongross on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @11:35AM (#2580222)

Well, I'm just going by what I see, and that sounds about right for Japan.

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