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3. Lowest rate in 40 years?

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 08:25 PM

Jul 2012

"The number of violent crimes in the United States dropped significantly last year, to what appeared to be the lowest rate in nearly 40 years, a development that was considered puzzling partly because it ran counter to the prevailing expectation that crime would increase during a recession. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24crime.html

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My apologies, but maybe I am just getting old and remember D&D dust up too well [View all] The Straight Story Jul 2012 OP

Preach it, brother!! LAGC Jul 2012 #1

Do you think that our society as a whole is more violent now than, say, 30 years ago? Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #2

Lowest rate in 40 years? The Straight Story Jul 2012 #3

Hmm. Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #8

Because prison population these days is such an indicator of violent crime rates, right? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #16

also as i recall the 70s were a peak crime era (something to do with the percent of young men HiPointDem Jul 2012 #30

Boomers' prime years for violent crime tapered off late in the 70s JVS Jul 2012 #39

violent crime, uniform crime rate, 1957-2006. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #41

That was just refuted on msnbc - seems like some difference of opinion flamingdem Jul 2012 #12

This is a gun lobby point I'm afraid, it is violence, NOT deaths by guns which remain constant flamingdem Jul 2012 #13

If the actual number's constant over decades, that means the rate's going down. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #17

Marginally, not the 50% figure I've seen thrown around here all day nt flamingdem Jul 2012 #18

This is a good graphic showing the marked declines since 1993: bhikkhu Jul 2012 #20

I think the issue is death by gun violence flamingdem Jul 2012 #22

The graphic for that shows the same trend bhikkhu Jul 2012 #26

Link? nt flamingdem Jul 2012 #28

Here: bhikkhu Jul 2012 #34

I think it's enough to focus on the last decade where it's flat at 10,000 per year flamingdem Jul 2012 #35

Number/percent in prison HiPointDem Jul 2012 #32

I think we see everything now- the moment it happens Marrah_G Jul 2012 #11

30 years ago if you told me we'd be invading occupying Iraq and Afghanistan... JVS Jul 2012 #38

I still play D&D and I remember that shit too. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #4

Ah, the good old days. Iggo Jul 2012 #44

Remember this crazy woman? bluestateguy Jul 2012 #5

ah the 80's, when devil arely staircase Jul 2012 #48

D&D is so 80's, man. longship Jul 2012 #6

Actually around here D and D has made a really big comeback Marrah_G Jul 2012 #14

My only remaining D&D vice? longship Jul 2012 #25

"But it's complexity and it's depth of story line rivals the MPG's of online gaming." white_wolf Jul 2012 #29

OMG I can't believe that's still around. Used to be a kick. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #37

"You are in a maze of passages all alike" longship Jul 2012 #40

That was Adventure, which later became Zork! n/t backscatter712 Jul 2012 #47

My group of gamers tends to play Pathfinder these days. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2012 #46

See my other thread on moral panics. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #7

Same thing with the Ouija board decades earlier NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #9

You can't have a perfect and safe society but hay rick Jul 2012 #10

I remember I had a book on the meaning of dreams that my aunt (on my father's side) gave me. My Raine Jul 2012 #15

I think dream interpretation is total bullshit Nevernose Jul 2012 #33

I don't believe in the interpretations either. It hurts though because it was gift Raine Jul 2012 #36

I agree with 95% of what you say. white_wolf Jul 2012 #19

Agree---100% Clyde39 Jul 2012 #24

Wrong. You can have a safER society. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #21

It's just typical human and modern American(sic) garbage JEK1959 Jul 2012 #23

The Dark Dungeons tract is still on the Chick website! backscatter712 Jul 2012 #27

I'm 26 and remember Tipper Gore's puritanical crusade against video games. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #31

I remember that 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #42

So you believe guns are no more dangerous than D&D? TroglodyteScholar Jul 2012 #43

I once robbed a 7-11 with a 2nd Edition Player's Handbook. Curtland1015 Jul 2012 #45