Violent Crime Peaked In Britain in 2006 Because....
By Kevin Drum
February 17, 2017 at 02:51PM
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«Note two things here. First, Britain's violent crime rate peaked about 15 years after it did in the US. Second, it dropped a lot faster than it did in the US. Why?
«Because, first, Britain adopted unleaded gasoline about 13 years after the US (1988 vs. 1975). And second, because it phased out leaded gasoline a lot faster than the US. »