William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about crime. What causes crime rates to go up? Are rates at historic highs right now? What are the best ways to reduce crime rates? This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.
We look at the level of criminal behavior from an international perspective, and see when rates began diverging between the US and Europe. Then, we discuss the long term drop in violent and property crime rates in the US. We discuss several of the individual factors which lead to people becoming criminals, including social isolation, lack of education, demographics, personality traits, personality disorders, substance abuse, and more. We then go over some societal level causes, such as impunity, unemployment, inequality, family structure, and more.
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5:00 International View
7:51 Divergence of between US and Europe
10:12 The better angels of our nature
11:19 Drop over time
12:53 Even longer term trends
14:50 Drop in murder rate
15:00 Drop in property crime</a> (link 2)
16:40 Most common crimes
20:15 Social isolation as a cause
20:50 Correlation with education level
21:25 Demographics
22:18 Age
22:35 Demographics of victims
24:19 Personality traits
24:32 Mental health(link 2)
27:08 Substance abuse
29:28 Brain injury
30:27 Childhood trauma and crime& (link 2)
31:01 Family connection
33:08 Effects of post-war environment (link 2)
35:28 Unemployment
35:47 Inequality and crime (link 2)
38:00 Inequality and income by zip code vs state
38:44 Education
38:55 Family structure
39:28 Impunity
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