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The Aborted Crime Wave?

Authors :
Holloway, Marguerite
Source :
Scientific American. Dec99, Vol. 281 Issue 6, p23. 2p. 1 Graph.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Offers opinions on a paper published by Steven D. Levitt and John J. Donohue that suggests that dropping United States crime rates are due to the legalization of abortion in the Roe v. Wade case. Criticism of their argument; Statistics on crime and abortion; Call for further research using data from the year 2000 census.

Subjects

Subjects :
*CRIMINAL sociology
*ABORTION & society
*CRIME statistics
*CENSUS
ROE v. Wade

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Language :
English
ISSN :
00368733
Volume :
281
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Scientific American
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
2464609
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1299-23
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