UNEXPECTEDLY: 5.5 PERCENT DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME. “Some experts are puzzled. Expectations that crime would rise in the economic recession have not materialized. The size of the most crime-prone population age groups, from late teens through mid-20s, has remained relatively flat in recent years.”

Hmm. I wonder if anyone has any ideas?

UPDATE: Reader William Chenoweth writes that maybe it’s the porn and videogames! Good point!