Crime And Crime Rate

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I will compare the changes in the homicide rate and arrest rates among groups of people born before and after the legalization of abortion. With this it should expose a factor in the 1900s which lead to the decrease of crime due to the legalization of abortion. Even though it appears that the legalized abortion was the factor for crime rate to drop it was only one of many factors presented in the evidence. Though I believe it is an important factor worthy of elaboration are careful analytic dissection. Most sources point to an unmeasured period of crack and cocaine use yet the trend still appears to be that abortion affected crimes due to the legalized abortion affecting families of lower class and minorities hence the reduction of them and the reduction of crime.
In evidence presented by an article by Donohue and Levitt in 2011 they presented evidence that the legalization of abortion in 1973 explains only about half of the crime decline. The 50 percent of the abortion ratio increase is associated with 11 percent decrease in violent crime, 12 percent in property crime and 8 percent in in property crime. These effects on the crime right is higher than the estimated amount of incarceration. We will not feel the impact of the legalized abortion until 20 years. This statement was comprised by the idea of crime rate only dropping 1 percent a year over the next two decades. This is due to the social costs associated with crime and the controversy with abortion. The crime rate was affected but the legalized abortion due to a causal link between these two social implications.
Donohue and Levitt’s argument with legal abortions in the 1970s explain half the fall in the crime rate during the 1990s. Yet a closer look at the data on both abo...

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... throughout the country. The decision also set a legal rule that affected more than 30 preceding Supreme Court cases involving restrictions on access to abortion. Abortion is a common procedure to combat unplanned pregnancies. Since Roe v. Wade abortion has become one of the safest medical procedures. By having the option of abortion legal the protection and safety of the women is not harmed. Abortion is not the only option to reduce unplanned pregnancies there is also adoption and other options. Abortion is seen as the invalid choice among most people. Abortion is portrayed as a negative society problem while society tries to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies but this is not the problem for most women the problem is the failed attempt to create a solution for the problem. Abortion would be seen as the cause for the reduced crime rate across the country.

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