Where Have All the Criminals Gone? (12)
Now to explore another pair of common crime-drop explanations:
Tougher gun laws
Changes in crack and other drug markets
First, the guns. Debates on this subject are rarely coolheaded. Gun advocates believe that gun laws are too strict; opponents believe exactly the opposite. How can intelligent people view the world so differently? Because a gun raises a complex set of issues that change according to one factor: whose hand happens to be holding the gun. Read the rest of this entry »


