AHC: US crime rates from 1990s to 2018 stay within their 1980-1996 range

raharris1973

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Crime rates in the US dropped significantly since the 1997 from where they stood through the 1980s and mid 1990s. They've stayed in a lower range throughout the OTs and 2010s.

See line graph for a partial illustration:
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Here's the alternate history challenge -

Keep them at least in the range of where they were from 1980 to 1996 through the present-day, never sinking below the floor of where they were in 1996.
 
This isn't a simple change, there are a lot of theories as to what caused the crime rate to go down, like the phase out of leaded gasoline. It seems more like an ASB type deal if the crime rate just changes.
 
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