Where have all the criminals gone?
In this chapter of the novel, the economic concept that "Dramatic effects often have distant, even subtle, causes (Levitt and Dubner). The decrease in crime throughout the United States can be attributed to the more relaxed abortion laws, and higher abortion rates. In the early 1990's crime was at an all time high with an 80 percent increase in fifteen years (Dubner and Levitt). Where previously abortion rates had been illegal and required a judge's consent, the innovative new laws that resulted from the court case of Roe vs. Wadge, allowed woman to easily have access to abortions. This led to a decrease in the children born into families where there was a high chance they'd grow up to commit crimes. Women no longer were forced to have their children and then "Resent[ed] her baby and failed to provide it with a good home (Dubner and Levitt). If low-income, women who lived in bad neighbors didn't want the child, they could easily have it removed stinting the growth of a population more exposed to crime.
The dramatic crime drop was attributed to simple changes in women's rights. Few people would connect a civil liberty such as right to abortion with decreasing crime, however the effect of these abortion laws created a domino effect that had resounding consequences on the crime rate. Changing abortion laws are a subtle cause of a greater effect on decreasing crime during the 1990's.
The dramatic crime drop was attributed to simple changes in women's rights. Few people would connect a civil liberty such as right to abortion with decreasing crime, however the effect of these abortion laws created a domino effect that had resounding consequences on the crime rate. Changing abortion laws are a subtle cause of a greater effect on decreasing crime during the 1990's.