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What Everyone Missed About the FBI's 2024 Data
The kids are missing...from the arrest statistics
Aug 11 • 
James Tuttle
14
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The Exaggerated Lead/Crime Hypothesis
Some impact? Probably. But not enough to write home (or a book) about
Aug 5 • 
James Tuttle
1

July 2025

The Smartphone-Induced Teen Crime Decline
Gen Z made crime rates 'crash out'
Jul 28 • 
James Tuttle
4
2
An Update from Murder Valley
Yep, still violent
Jul 22 • 
James Tuttle
13
Explaining the Crime Decline
The definitive and authoritative account
Jul 21 • 
James Tuttle
25
13
Explaining Seattle's Homicide Trends
The political narratives were wrong, but does it matter?
Jul 17 • 
James Tuttle
1
The Victims of the Homicide Epidemic
The Chapter of 'Crime Wave' I Never Wrote
Jul 8 • 
James Tuttle
3

June 2025

Future Files: A 2026 Midterm Election Prediction (of sorts)
The Politics of the Homicide Decline
Jun 10 • 
James Tuttle

April 2025

How American Decline Caused a Crime Wave
America is in decline.
Apr 29 • 
James Tuttle
Before and After the 2020 Homicide Spike
In 2020, the homicide rate spiked by its largest margin in recorded history.
Apr 19 • 
James Tuttle
3

March 2025

Drugs, Guns, and Homicide
Homicide Trends during the Fentanyl Epidemic
Mar 31 • 
James Tuttle

February 2025

Rising Inflation and Crime
Did spiking rates of inflation contribute to a crime wave?
Feb 28 • 
James Tuttle
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