Changes In The Crime Rate..

hi,(yatie) ^_^

I found another long study.

>which demonstrated that young people are the greatest determinant in changes in the crime rate. In essence, each new crop of kids determines the change in the crime rate for the coming year. Appearently older folks stop becoming violent criminals in a predictable manner.

>And even poor kids have access to the Internet in school. It can have a proportionally greater impact on a poor child's life who has nothing and is surrounded by dis-empowered people, to jump on the Internet and discover the whole world at his/her fingertips.

The Good News is:
A) For some mysterious reason, the violent crime rate has steadily dropped since 1994 to 1/3 of its previous level.
B) Kids today are hyper-empowered and excited about the future as a direct result of the awesome potential the Internet provides.
C) We all know how amazing the Internet is, but it's cool to see it possibly having such an important and measurable effect on our society