Legalized Abortion and the Homicide of Young Children: An Empirical Investigation

Recent research has drawn a link, sometimes a causal link, between the legalization of abortion in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the precipitous decline in crime in the 1990s. Abortion is posited to have reduced the number of potential victims and potential perpetrators, and the potential effec...

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VerfasserInnen: Berk, Richard A (VerfasserIn) ; Wiebe, Douglas J (VerfasserIn) ; Sorenson, Susan B (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2002
In: Analyses of social issues and public policy
Jahr: 2002
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