I guess it would be safe to say that after you posted this comment, the silence was clearly broken. :P

I haven't read the book, but I'm curious if he expounds on the "unwantedness" discussion to specify what it is about the "unwantedness" that causes the effect on crime.

To me, I would think that at least some of the essential components would be capacity to provide a good, well-rounded home for the child. In an unwanted pregnancy, some are "unwanted" because of circumstance and not just because the parents find it as an alternative to birth control.
The mother and the father may not be married and have no real attachment to each other. Financial situations may be extremely difficult for raising a child.

And let's face it. Men and women exist who have the CAPABILITY for procreation, but lack the capacity for being good parents.


On a separate issue, I couldn't help but think that the author has brought forth a fairly decent argument supporting the correlation.

As opposed to other issues, like people claiming gay marriage will harm straight marriages, where the "arguments" brought forth often include contradictory and illogical presentations. Like showing how the straight marriage trends were declining for decades before gay marriage ever became a reality in the country, yet claiming that "gay marriage" is causing decline...
(That and noticing how some who argue the point cherry pick the data points they want to use, and leave out salient points like how marriage trends have actually IMPROVED in some countries in most of the years after gay marriage was legalized...)