There is a widely observed empirical correlation between out of wedlock births and poor outcomes for children, who grow to be dysfunctional adults. This is was the first article from google when I searched the terms [1]. An excerpt:
"However, results of the study conclude that compared with "traditional families," parents of fragile families are more likely to have become parents in their teens, more likely to have had children with other partners, more likely to be poor, suffer from depression, struggle with substance abuse, and to have been incarcerated."
Aggregate crime may have decreased, but it is because we are still in the unraveling phase of widespread monogamy. Once its vestiges have fully eroded, then we will see the results.
"However, results of the study conclude that compared with "traditional families," parents of fragile families are more likely to have become parents in their teens, more likely to have had children with other partners, more likely to be poor, suffer from depression, struggle with substance abuse, and to have been incarcerated."
Aggregate crime may have decreased, but it is because we are still in the unraveling phase of widespread monogamy. Once its vestiges have fully eroded, then we will see the results.
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lavar-young/children-out-of-we...