This is not sarcasm, but the #1 reason is a bit racist.
Are you talking about the theory asserted in “Freakonomics”?
That would be my guess but it think it is not supported by the facts.
“This is not sarcasm, but the #1 reason is a bit racist.
Are you talking about the theory asserted in “Freakonomics”?”
He may be referring to the Justice Department/FBI statistics which have for several decades shown the best predictor of the local crime rate is the number of black males between 16 and 30 living in the area. As we know, the Justice department and FBI are highly racist for documenting the obvious, like 2% of the population are responsible of almost 50% of the felony arrests..
These percentages have dropped a bit since AA’s are now about 2% less of the USA population because Latinos are an ever increasing percentage of the population and the young Latino males are starting to make inroads on the felony arrest stats.
Concealed Carry laws seem to impact specific crime statistics, like armed robbery and murder, but have a lesser effect on property crimes. Conversely, a decline in the number of black teenagers seems to address a broader number of categories.
Either that or the Amish have gone wild.