IS THIS THE END OF SOCIOLOGY? – AT 8:57 P.M. ET:  One of the standard lines of the left is that crime is caused by "the socio-economic circumstances of inner-city peoples," and assorted stuff like that.  Consider please:

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg say 2009 is another record-setting year in crime reduction.

New figures released Monday show overall crime in the nation's largest city is down 11 percent from last year and 35 percent since 2001. Murders are down 11 percent. The only major crime that is rising is felony assault. It's up 2 percent.

The figures reflect a nationwide trend.

FBI crime figures for the first half of 2009 show crime falling across the country. Murder and manslaughter fell 10 percent for the first half of the year.

COMMENT:  Now, wait a minute.  We are in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and crime is falling?  Even in a city like New York?

Yeah.

And it happened during the Depression as well.

But, didn't we learn in sociology..?

Yeah. 

So what should we do?

Contact your college and try to get your money back.

December 28, 2009