[ProudFossil]

It’s my understanding that historically, crime has gone down during recessions.

Tell that to Dillenger, Machine Gun Kelly, Ma Barker, Al Capone, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, etc., etc., etc.

[Kartographer]

As Willie Sutton the bank robber said when asked why he robbed banks, ‘because that’s where the money is’, but in this case I think even the banks won’t have money! Maybe the robbers will except IOU’s? Or maybe ‘Zero’ will sponsor a ‘bail-out’ bill for bank robbers!

[Parmenio]

But overall, the crime rate went down during the Depression. That’s my point.

[DeaconBenjamin]

It’s my understanding that historically, crime has gone down during recessions.

Tell that to Dillenger, Machine Gun Kelly, Ma Barker, Al Capone, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, etc., etc., etc.

How many of them were active before 1929, and how many only afterward? How many were created by prohibition?

[Kackikat]

good answer.