March 6, 2017

Kids Today Are Way Less Scary Than They Used To Be

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This is apropos of nothing in particular, but a couple of days ago I happened to run across this chart on the Justice Department website:

Since 1996, arrests of juveniles have fallen by two-thirds. Arrests for violent crimes have fallen by more than two-thirds. Bottom line: Kids today are way better behaved and way less scary than they were in the 90s. One of these days we ought to start acting like we know this.

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