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Q1. What was the hypothesis that Levitt proposed regarding abortion and crime?

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Q1. What was the hypothesis that Levitt proposed regarding abortion and crime?

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The hypothesis was that abortion would lead to less unwanted children to be born, which would in turn result in lower crime rates.

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Levitt proposed that legalizing abortion reduces crime.

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The hypothesis is that if abortion is legal, crime rates will drop

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The hypothesis was that abortion leads to lower crime rates 15 years later.

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Q2. What was his evidence for supporting his hypothesis that abortions led to reduced crime?

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Q2. What was his evidence for supporting his hypothesis that abortions led to reduced crime?

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5 states in America legalised abortion 3 years before the rest of the country did. Crime rates in states where abortion was not just legal but also easily accessible, dropped by 30%.

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There were 5 states which legalised abortion in the 1970s. It was believed that this legalisation could be credited for the reduction of crime rates in the 1990s, believing that individuals at peak crime age (20s to 30s) that the unwanted children would have grown up to become were fewer in number thanks to the legalisation of abortions.

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The 5 states with easier access to abortion had a lower crime rate as compared to those that didn't, after a period of time that it would have taken the child to grow up into the peak crime age of 20-25

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5 states in USA has a higher abortion rate and lower crime rate 3 years earlier than the rest. Crime rate dropped more significantly in the states where the people had easier accessibility to get abortion.

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Q3. To what extent do you agree with Levitt's hypothesis that the relationship between abortions and crime is one of causality and not mere correlation?

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Q3. To what extent do you agree with Levitt's hypothesis that the relationship between abortions and crime is one of causality and not mere correlation?

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We agree to a large extent. The data presented is sufficient to support the hypothesis that Levitt made. Possible correlation factor: Data of crimes is only those who are caught and charged. Maybe lower proportion of sex-related crimes is because when abortion is made legal, there would be no evidence (if you get what I mean). Or if abortion is legalised, this would indicate higher socioeconomic status, thus leading to less crime. (Possible correlation)

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We agree with Levitt to a certain extent that abortion does cause less crime rates. For example, single mothers are people who are more likely to get abortions as they are less likely to be capable of taking care of their children. It could be that these children whom are not paid attention to are more likely to commit crime. Hence, when they are aborted, they do not exist, causing less crime. However, in a societal standpoint, crime is not the only way to measure the success and ongoing development of a country and there might be other societal impacts to consider when legalising abortion.

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Large extent. Without unwanted children, parents don't have to go through the burden of having to raising them. Without legal abortion, the kids that are born will not be brought up in a good household, and hence have bad morals, hence will end up becoming criminals later in life. However, external factors can also affect whether a child does grow up to be a. criminal or not, for example, socioeconomic status of the family the child is born into.

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We agree to a certain extent because there are statistics to back up his hypothesis but he is assuming that generally overtime the crime in America would drop only because of abortion but there could be other factors that may lead to the decrease in crime rates that he did not take into consideration. One of the factors could be more the increase in efficiency of the police