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s - \ ; . - * ■* .VednesUay, August 22, 1964/The BattatkxVPage 7B Downward trend in crime may continue Wj KARL SPENCE The cramr w.v^ of the I9SO*. and 1ST0*», which heoufht untold poan and toas m thousand a mi and affected the bins of may have peaked m IMO Recently released govern two years If the trend the reason may he that culture — which. Harvard professor James Q Wdaon charges, km late!v tended so foater ertme —> ■ beemrunc to turn aoinat k. The Fi l s Uniform Crane Re ports show violent crane dropping three percent by 1982. and the bu reau's National Crane Survey for 1989 records a plunge of » • percent in a single yaar Personal roohenea. the survey found. Uni at r my‘i Recently-rcicased gf>vemnn nt smi vcw mil** ate that violent crime has dechnetl nun v than I if per- cent in the last two yean. Im prison len Teske says, and people stay in prison I that may mean frwet I on the streets Peo ple are serving more of their prison sentences. Teske explains because of a decreased use of parole Crouch also notes the trend to- wtuch na- bmd at very high levels, in «h so the world and to lern history Murder pica, as m I960; robbery than three times at high The American murder higher than that of Northern Ireland; it is four times as hi **' mim Canada American inner-city res* dents kve m more mortal x- than Londoners faced under tne Nan bhu m World War II. It takes only four days for more Americans to be murdered than were hdleri m last year's Marine headquarters m Beirut non wide has produced a record I hro^h'The |970a.~ he says, “there was a tremendous push to re , to move away from i move away from ntenctng and paro- le" Teske finds more grounds for up- umism in another development that may be cutting into crime the m- creanng professionalism and effee ttveuesa of the police Rut apart from reactive factors such as police and prisons. Crouch and Teske see hctle reason for a sudden drop in of sociology at Texas ARM Ui my. calb the heights to which crane has risen "fngntening “ Hu col league. Raymond Teske of Sair. Roth give s popular oabv holds that crane wave the coming of her of babies following > rr>< M ft H ( credence to the m" theory wHk h | a major factor in the wave of the 1960s and 70s was of age of the large num- born in the 15 years World War II. As this de in the python" nty. so the theory goes, crime n hound to drop beta aw of a decreasing number of crime prone teenagers and young aduks Crouch lakes that view smooth enough to suggest that annthei crime wave n in store for the 1990* when the “baby boom echo" — the children of the bob', boomers — en ters ns crane-prone years Neither Crouch nor Teske hoM* the baby biumi solely responublr foi the nse and fall of (Time, however Teske cites other demographi* changes, such as inc reased migration among communNies A transtesu population, he says, is more open to crime Crouch mention* economic disruptions resulting from factors closings, the declining demand for unskilled labor, and tne movement of businesses and individuals from cities to suburbs |ames Q Wilson prolessot of government at Harsaid LniversN', also maintains (in “Crime and Amer ican (.ukure." Fhr Puhim Intrvrsi Winter. 1989) that “age shift could not by itself have produced the ertme increases of tne !9tiOs and 1979s " It would he strange were it otherwise since the proportion of 18- to 24-year-olds in tm population increased only bv half between 1960 and 1980. tne baby boom atone could hardiv have doubled t!«e mur der rate and cjuadrupled the robbers rate in that perNid. even if young adults were responsible few a//crime (They actually accounted for only 18 percent of arrests m I960 ) And the drop in the 1M to 24 age brae ker since I9M8 —> frrmi 19.3 p«-i cem 15 1 persent of ifw )M»puli» tion b* I9KJ — is barciJy tekeh l» b» more than a nunot moanfAuor t> the rurrrnt w/e.«f4r drop m • time Wifsoit luoks w*c cdt are u*a .sei«t*• graphics a* the basis b»t m.c(o* flu* tuacm«‘« m c ri»t»e iat« ' Rem.urkmg m h*s ana Ir «f»ai ' otien y;ri Iw t ler answ* r* b» asking lwii«-» (jticfs imhis. " hr asks wbs ctime it. Vuiciaa remained staf«k- or d« > tmeuc. in »br second Itall uf tlie wuteic < *i*l» c > »t turv. despite tlie use of «n<Jc«»ti\. w*- miHialsoii. w«»rkiitv-c lass posme ana u* iao (.«mgesi«o«t I he reason WiIs«mi <*i gues. is ttuit Americans — mteUi • tu.t}->. t*ou» geotsie amf we*iki»#^ «la-.s .dike - re sponded to ditlwuli < Ui UUiM.UMt-s hi ncaltuig 'Valor car* m«a.ihis WhH reviy.il tnoo uiems tempi • ance scaieiMx. tijifiii -ngam/acwm* and nan al edm atNai. tl*» v .ui*!« <1 at esiatrfisliutg in *lirt«selve% and ’ii 1 eac f» other ,,n mrx r Ii4< • -i g vfu/( I at<Hind the oenerd fot srU (minitb lasing peistfii.d ^i a fit w at h at and managing valai irl.«ti<»ns (»ii tlie f».i sis of nitiluai sell-*c stt uut Wilson the it cJ» »c i tbe > • mosement hegmning >n tfi« kitjhs and |Hrsailini< *t» ih* J'lt.tis and 1970s. away I mm selt-nsM a mt and toward self-ev|»ce>kg»ii \ kiotim popi.lat cultiiie c««d.rj»secf i»« >.o t and with it went die k ^ttun »■ i «»f >> mstr iitr^r In eamhitUHion widt «••»* Kmc boom, this "stHitf i uhwie i\« )« ginmac v. Wilson snspc*< fs *(• j)! )• rtiis of self expressam — me lud- tng. alas ilioar lotim that involve (iime and . t*4erMe — and thus l eljied tiiaguify and sustain what would hive iren a * rime me iease m ans eseiM ** texas AdrM's t r<mm h also lecaMs die as a umeof 'rising ex pec - l.«itons ’ in whicti .ititlMirNy figures. Irotn (sHents to ymkie to army offl- cets n* c••liege yHasfessots and ad- cuiiitstrators. were challenged and- s< >tne« iuies s Htfentfs .utacked t hi- ci( cs h.pment « aloe on lop of pi \b <ciy|\ esisimg Vinern aa actnb- utes «c h as the Irotmet 11 ad it me ai»d the y-i<iesfarad < >»* net ship of in. >iiks. dial t rou« h says help tna- tn crtRir \nu«nK d»em he points (mi an Htdrs tdnahsijc .u titucie tc»ward We Ica-r a icitdritcs to fiehrve dial law - air for v(»fnehud> else," he V* ils.•• i Myit es, mmug that .Vmen- i aiis lend lo it gaid the law as set up it• 'ilrtlinw nr* rights and punish /us kwfcavicjt** a tr.iN wliwn may es- pf un V> hs ya opk in tin* IVbtfk were a- (pock to liteak die law when they <1 .light rheu tight* had been den ted ^ V\ dsoti suggests that sesera# jraocics must lake playe tt the de- I oe is to t a ptovsoumed. For exam- • ! i « demise «»t the ' good" f*ad feu ind 2d veaic ago- many ,s <fHii.ii rnocicrti pw lures gionlied . l tn lodav. the most (Mtpular films feature tidier Luke skswalker Hi noble ({ Itesi lor |edi krugtilhood (« l Hi *' Haiic dal mg h> i-i.tgr fiold m n , >wbn akei - to "make im das • tlie ignomrm of .Htual enmi- tk!i In the l 4 »Mt*and I97ds.af>he- ni-nneiacn (ailed ‘radtial elm tn- •(<;«(! mans progre ssive sociasf t- \ x (lent crin^nai* Influential works of fiction Mtch as ^ John Uardner'i Ckrendef and Wil liam Styron t The < onttwons oi Nat Turner pictured mmderen m liberated human beings, but in 1981. when writer Norman Mailer’s kterarv protege, lack Henry Abbott. < ommmied murder only a few days after being released from prison, the ensuing scandal showed that Ameri can intellectuals generally are dis gusted by ano-social violence •The absence of controversy over the idea of law enforcement (Hiring the election campaigns of 1964. 1968 end 1972. crime in the streets was ar issue that divided con servatives and liberals Today, lib eral (ierakhne Ferraro tails herself as a tough Democrat" and boasts of her experience as a prosecutor, and lilvrai M arto C uotno decries the fact that chi residents must take refuge behind locked doors. • I he popularity of patnotism and family values “ In the 1960 * and 1970's, the American flag also c ame to be a divisive symbol, and as late as I960 conservative Repub!i c ans could make political hay as lone defenders of traditional moral va- I tes. Tins year, the major parties are once again competing in flag wav ing. and each seeks to outdo other in displays of church and fasUfly. Cultural changes such as these give hope for a sustained and drastic reduction of crane — more hope than tight prisons, efficient police and the dwindkng ranks of the voung can offer. ITiey indicate that Americans as individuals are choot mg law and order, not just for the next fellow, but for themselves. I he coming years will reveal whether or not Americans indeed can recalf such a society — and re claim it. * 1~? » ■the devotion to Ferraro made fun of at women’s fashion show DALLAS — In one of the first events of the Rrpubhcan Party Na tional Convention. public an women donned aalks and fur for a fashion show SchiafVy and her values group. F-agftr Forum. Rut the real target of the day w put on by tradmonai O-raldwr Ferraro ,ir ■ Ferraro's tax return controversy to (*eorge McGovern's support for vice Sc hiafb sasd. “1'understand Wi Mondale called her before the conference (Monday) add said *Gerry. I'm behind you l.OOt) per cent. Outside the hotel Monday, mem hers of the satirical California orga nisation Ladies Against Women picketed with signs like “Poor Is Tacky" and presented their own fashion show As one feminist twirled in a red saony dress, the moderator pointed •o her'Sialactthl r hctle spike heels for crushing the poor ~ The four hour-long Eagle Forum fashmn luncheon sras staged in a chandelarr-bedecked banquet hall whom walls me appropriately cov ered with "Reagan red" wallpaper Several hundred Rrpublic an*, mostly women, paid $50 each u» dmr on fruit salad and veal, hear a shore speech by L'.N. AmbaswidcM |ea|ic Kirkpatrick and chuckle through a senes of scathing musical skits (hat poked fun at the Democ ratic* tie Fri and at also-ran Democrats Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson One woman seated with a group from Cahfotnia wore a tiny white ulgstk: a>wbo> hat looped with a oumper xtie kei that irurf “If Mon- dale can’t stand up rr> NOW, who will he stand up to LATER?" Sakowit/ debunked the myth that skirt lengths are a reaction to the economic climate Knowing your tax bracket helps investment strategies l a tied Pi* — Inc.-roaicext^t NEW V«9<h — ^ c»tu t.ix bt«tvket is iM»i ihe swims* .is if >t ) -i ■ pi Mt toil of taves vc»M |*.tami lin ts a crucial li'ssoii t(M 1 be novice in vest oi Me MM pfOfelc doll l krtc»*- v\ ll.ti their tax Iw.u ket aod thin is tin fortunate- ia\ c -|M-Ms -.i* (m cause M's ptoiMt*!* iIm most mi pCMUUll llljc^l I i.tJIMli (U uives* iiM-uygi it< «v. » (ia*se pro|►!( v ii.v-< i<i«-mres puf fhein below t»»r %"• j-er. eeff- htac kcM are genersdlv m*c -ci.t.«l»i« for iax-ad\ai*t.t«ec( »m e-imenis In HMBI iti.a wc am coutile (side less its.m X \?*» J in laxaf*)e iim choc* Return < M.oi.igeinesit lnc.« a Nc-*- tnlcaiis t*ased littancial jM.ciinliiv turn citvtck*s uix-fa- vored jii*csi tn* uts into those *-!»« ir tax savings are a Iniigr iimI ilic.se nt wtiK'h UX de«foc ttoils ti( the m.i)Oi jMMnt. I c.ddMu'l look to w hat’s CCMTI- irtoiib iefei tref to as lax shrltei. <m.Ic s- itie* were in die 4d jietcent t<i i» kc-t oi atiove.'’ said Randolph -\ .»( tPhe • .f^ We.. (urTV Mansge- 4 luadditHiu. jUc f.nci. dir tax de- duc ifOn- »lc.»t rortie mth the shel- ici sImmiM not Im-ih^ the client i Ik-Iovc liie 55-40 percent t ►! k i’t Mm iu is that i at i * huge lax de ductions tend to he risky. Waesche explained. A client in the 50 percent bracket might be nskuig only 50 rents on the dollar tn return tor his deductions But people in a lower bracket are risk ing more Whether someone's making $150,000 or $500,000. I stiU wouldn’t bring them below the 95 percent bracket.” he said Investments carrying more modest tax advantages afe less riskv and apprtmnate for people in somewhat lower brackets. Waesche said But he said his own philosophy is that such ventures > should be weighed solely on their potential return. 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