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

Posted by vivekmgeorge on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:58PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/08/income-inequality-murder-homicide-rates

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Re:The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequ... by sul_tasto on Monday February 07, 2022 @08:55PM (#30254051)

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

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Re:The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequ... by vivekmgeorge on Saturday February 12, 2022 @10:17PM (#30318802)

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!

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Re:The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequ... by purplepatrick on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:04PM (#30254483)

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

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Re:The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequ... by clove on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @02:31AM (#30255800)

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

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