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Originally Posted by GGG
The New York example doesn’t hold up to scrutiny as jurisdictions without the policy also saw significant reductions in crime. Abortion access and lack of lead paint are the most likely contributors.
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Exactly. As post above mentioned, it probably wasn't immensely effective. I think these types of issues are cyclical. The abortion debate (was it first presented in Freakanomics?) is certainly an interesting take and really ties in the poverty aspect to crime rates - which would likely be a contributing factor to what we are seeing now.