William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about crime.  What causes crime rates to go up?  Are crime rates at historic highs right now? What are the best ways to reduce crime rates?  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.

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5:00 International View of Crime

7:51 Divergence of crime rates between US and Europe

10:12 The better angels of our nature

11:19 Drop in crime over time

12:53 Even longer term drop in crime

14:50 Drop in murder rate

15:00 Drop in property crime (link 2)

16:40 Most common crimes

20:15 Social isolation as a cause

20:50 Correlation with education level 

21:25 Demographics of crime

22:18 Age and crime

22:35 Demographics of victims

24:19 Personality traits and crime

24:32 Mental health and crime (link 2)

27:08 Substance abuse and crime

29:28 Brain injury

30:27 Childhood trauma and crime (link 2)

31:01 Family connection and crime

33:08 Crime after war (link 2)

35:28 Unemployment and crime

35:47 Inequality and crime (link 2)

38:00 Inequality and income by zip code vs state and crime

38:44 Education and crime

38:55 Family structure and crime

39:28 Impunity