When someone focused on criminal justice empirics calls this the “Greatest. Graph. Ever.”…

via this tweet, I feel compelled to reprint it:

Those who are familiar with Professor John Pfaff’s work on Twitter or elsewhere will surely understand why he views this graph as reflecting so much greatness, and those not familiar with Professor John Pfaff’s work should see this post as my recommendation that you take the time to figure out why he things this graph is so great.

Also, to add my two cents (and also throw in another useful discussion point), I think the graph would be even better is it also noted that December 1972 also marked the end of conscription for the military (i.e., “the draft”) in the United States.