Posted: Apr 08, 2013 7:02 pm
Kevin Drum has wrote a lot of words the last few months related to the effects lead exposure has on crime. Here is his cover article(if anyone is that interested I may try to gather up the many blog posts since this article.) Its interesting as there has been a few other popular explanations on crime. Leavitts abortion paper, increased incarceration rates, and policing techniques have all been put forth as explanations.
Here is the MoJo article
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/ ... k-gasoline
I remember my econ. of crime class introducing the Jessica Reyes paper on this subject which suggested a causal effect from childhood lead exposure.
http://www3.amherst.edu/~jwreyes/papers ... BEJEAP.pdf
Here is the MoJo article
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/ ... k-gasoline
I remember my econ. of crime class introducing the Jessica Reyes paper on this subject which suggested a causal effect from childhood lead exposure.
http://www3.amherst.edu/~jwreyes/papers ... BEJEAP.pdf