The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)

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Post by vivekmgeorge » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 6:58 PM UTC

The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)
theguardian.com

Re: The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)

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Post by sul_tasto » Tue, Feb 08, 2022, 1:55 AM UTC

Crime rates are affected by the degree of relative poverty in a community. This is not new.

Re: The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)

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Post by purplepatrick » Tue, Feb 08, 2022, 3:04 AM UTC

sul_tasto wrote: post #2

Crime rates are affected by the degree of relative poverty in a community. This is not new.

Also not new: the outsized impact fragile masculinity has on violence…

Re: The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)

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Post by clove » Tue, Feb 08, 2022, 7:31 AM UTC

purplepatrick wrote: post #3

sul_tasto wrote: post #2

Crime rates are affected by the degree of relative poverty in a community. This is not new.

Also not new: the outsized impact fragile masculinity has on violence…

Also not new: When you control for income, race is the determining factor.

Re: The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)

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Post by vivekmgeorge » Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 3:17 AM UTC

sul_tasto wrote: post #2

Crime rates are affected by the degree of relative poverty in a community. This is not new.

Yes. Not new, but for some the mental exercise to put this idea together seems too hard. The general narrative is that criminals are just random bad ppl!