Sudden Crime Drop Of The 80's

This chapter tackles the complex questions surrounding the sudden crime drop of the 1990’s. It dissects a slew of possible reasons and comes to a conclusion that wasn’t even originally listed, but was talked about at the beginning of the chapter. It begins discussing Nicolae Ceausescu, the communist dictator of Romania, and his abolishment of abortion. He felt the increase of child birth would ensure it a rapid increase of national strength. And he was right. Birth rate doubled, but these children had it worse in almost every way. They had lower test scores, bad luck finding jobs in the market, and were more likely to be criminals. This ban stayed in effect until the family lost control in 1989. The protesters were all very young and unhappy with their lives.
While they explained it was quite a weird way of introducing the American crime spike, it would make more sense later on. American crime was peaking during the late 80’s. However in the early 90’s, it dropped dramatically. People were so shocked especially after predictions being made of it only getting