Where have all the criminals gone?

When I first started reading this chapter the Communist dictator of Romania story about abortion made me sick to my stomach. I don't by any means agree with abortion, but making it illegal just to strengthen Romania by boosting its population is absolutely ridiculous. Him and his wife were very selfish for doing the things they did. If it were up to me I would have thrown them in jail for the rest of their lives instead of killing them. As I started reading about how the crime rate differed back in the 60's from today, I was extremely shocked. As I grew up, my parents always said when they were my age they never felt threatened or scared to wall down the streets by themselves. They always said the crime rate wasn't that bad back then. However, this chapter mentions that in the 60's violent crime went on a growth spurt, and during the 1990's which happens to be when I was born, crime fell by nearly 40%. So my parents were actually wrong. I would have never of thought crime rate was worse when my parents were growing up. As I read further into this chapter it began to be more and more difficult to read due to all of the percentages and numbers involved in all of the criminologists' predictions. I felt like every sentence was a math problem and it began to get harder to comprehend and put all of the pieces together. However, aside from all of the numbers, the chapter was interesting. I learned a lot about crime rates within the last 50 years that I would have never of imagined to be true.

Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?

This chapter was very interesting to me and definitely held my attention. Their was many things I learned from this chapter that I never knew about. For instance, how huge crack gangs could be, or how much money they really make. I was flabbergasted when I read how much money each gang member makes but particularly the leader. It was interesting to find out how a crack dealers job, or profession in this case, works. Even though crack dealing is the most dangerous job in America, some people still devote all of their time into it and it blows my mind. However, what frustrated me the most throughout this chapter was how the criminals used their families lack of education and motivation to make a better life for themselves for a reason to go out on the streets and sell drugs. I don't understand why people don't look at their families way of life and realize that isn't
what they want for themselves. On the other hand however, the money they bring in doing such a risky job clearly pays off in the end. But knowing that somewhere down the line you, or someone you are involved with is going to end up in prison should right then stop you in your tracks and understand that it probably isn't a good idea. Before I started reading this chapter, I thought it was going to be more about why drug dealers live with their parents, but the author surprisingly didn't go into much detail with this subject. However, I still enjoyed reading this chapter and it defintely gave me a whole new prospective on drug dealers.

Chapter two FREAKONOMICS

This chapter was very interesting to me. When i first started reading i thought it was going to be a hard reading to get through but I was actually very easy. I didn't know much about the Ku Klux Klan before i read this and it gave me a completely different view on them. I knew how big and world wide they were but i didn't know how intense this group actually was. The things they did made me sick to my stomach. Another thing i found very fascinating was their handshake and the question they would ask if they located a brethren in a strange town. However, my favorite part was how Stetson Kennedy basically destroyed the Klan in Atlanta with such a bright strategy. The fact that a man would go to meetings and attack the Klan by acting interested and discovering all of their top secrets is phenomenal. If it wasn't for people like him this society would have more groups like the KKK that would be destroying our towns.