Millennials commit fewer crimes than boomers & Gen X, study finds

[dualmeister]

Researchers in Texas have found that, like Generation X before them, millennials commit fewer crimes than their forefathers. The scientists also propose that a shift in criminal justice thinking may yield even better results.

In their study, ‘How Cohorts Changed Crime Rates, 1980–2016’, the team at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin found that, while crime rates overall are down since 1990, crime reduction efforts accounted for less than 50% of the drop in crime since 1990 and almost none since 2000.

In other words, criminal justice policy wasn’t actually moving the needle on crime, suggesting that other factors were at play in the decline of crime over time.

For example, according to national crime statistics data, baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, were found to be the most criminally active in modern history. Generation X (1965-1980) committed fewer crimes and now, following the trend, millennials also commit fewer crimes than their predecessors.

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[Brontosaurus]

I'll take "things that do not apply to South Africa" for R500 Alex.

 

[Pixual]

They've had the whole world handed to them on a plate. What need is there to commit crimes?

 

[LCBXX]

Social mob-justice and cancel culture compensates for the lack of actual crime.

 

[Magnum]

Hard to be a criminal if you still in diapers...

 

[Lupus]

Hard to be a criminal if you still in diapers...

Not sure 40 is old enough to go back into diapers.

 

[Sinbad]

Hard to be a criminal if you still in diapers...

You know millennials can be over 40 now, right?

 

[Slav]

Researchers in Texas have found that, like Generation X before them, millennials commit fewer crimes than their forefathers. The scientists also propose that a shift in criminal justice thinking may yield even better results.

In their study, ‘How Cohorts Changed Crime Rates, 1980–2016’, the team at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin found that, while crime rates overall are down since 1990, crime reduction efforts accounted for less than 50% of the drop in crime since 1990 and almost none since 2000.

In other words, criminal justice policy wasn’t actually moving the needle on crime, suggesting that other factors were at play in the decline of crime over time.

For example, according to national crime statistics data, baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, were found to be the most criminally active in modern history. Generation X (1965-1980) committed fewer crimes and now, following the trend, millennials also commit fewer crimes than their predecessors.

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How is this measured? What constitutes a crime? Many things that were illegal are now legal, I find articles like these kind of clickbaity.

 

[Magnum]

You know millennials can be over 40 now, right?

Not like the way they are btching and crying....

 

[Fulcrum29]

 

[wbot]

Jaaaaaaa right

 

[HavocXphere]

idk some of those tiktoks arguable qualify

 

[bwana]

Crime is probably too much effort.

 

[thestaggy]

You know millennials can be over 40 now, right?

We have to go through this every time Millennials are brought up.

 

[Lupus]

We have to go through this every time Millennials are brought up.

Yup we do, as the media normally suggests millennials are 20

 

[3WA]

We have to go through this every time Millennials are brought up.

Be patient. Boomer brains aren’t what they used to be.

 

[Lupus]

Be patient. Boomer brains aren’t what they used to be.

Gen X are getting there as well.

 

[TrueSeeker]

Meh. We're all the same deep down. Humans are more nurture than nature. At least with regards to how they live and relate to the world. People, by the time they are adults, are almost entirely shaped by the culture they find themselves in.

There is basically an experiential gap between a 70+year olds and 20 year olds to the extent that one cannot possibly entirely fathom the perspective of the other.
I myself am acutely aware that 21 year olds have no real frame of reference for a world without pervasive social media. While I myself grew up with only a few rich kids owning something like a computer, and was eager to try out the shiny new Facebook toy when I was older than 21, and wondering whether Pokes were going to be a thing forever now. And, I can most definitely not relate significantly with what it was like to grow up in an era immediately following WW2, having 10 brothers and sisters, fearing worldwide annihilation through nuclear war, thinking Elvis Priestley was edgy, and dreaming of driving around in a... Batmobile (or something that looked a whole lot like one at least)? And I know my generation grew up thinking everything before the 50s was in black and white.
I can't help but be somewhat certain that such divisions will continue to occur into the future. At the same pace as now? At an increased pace as per the trend?
Will quantum computing maybe bring a significant disruption? A complete conversion to sustainable energy and industry? Runaway anthropogenic climate change? A cure for cancer? Gene therapy to eradicate disease? People living on Mars. Maybe life found in the oceans of Europa (who knows?). Genetic enhancement. Genetic fashion. Life extension. Age reversal. VR indistinguishable from reality. Ubiquitous space travel.

Whatever else. No matter which age group you find yourself in. Be ready to wonder what the foggy is going on with the new kids on the block. It's as true for Gen-X as it is for Boomers.

 

[Grant]

Too scared to leave home

 

[Mila]

Well Its not a crime if they are entitled to it ..