http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956 Roger Darlington's personal blog Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956&cpage=1#comment-26101 At last, some good news: crime is falling – NightHawk Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:25:03 +0000 http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956#comment-26101 [...] Although I said “at last”, in fact crime has been falling – in both the UK and many other developed nations – for decades and I last blogged about this fascinating, and welcome, trend, about a year ago here. [...]

]]> http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956&cpage=1#comment-15804 Roger Darlington Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:56:11 +0000 http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956#comment-15804 Yes, I have read “Freakononics” and know the chapter to which you refer. The fact that murder rates have fallen in so many countries over the same period suggests that a change of laws in the USA may not be the explanation.

]]> http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956&cpage=1#comment-15782 Dana Huff Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:04:29 +0000 http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk/?p=8956#comment-15782 Roger, have you read Freakonomics? The authors of that book draw a convincing parallel between the legalization of abortion (early 1970′s in US; not sure about UK) and the lower crime rate.

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