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Re:ChatControl update: blocking minority held but Denmark is... by CGMthrowaway on Sunday September 14, 2025 @07:42PM (#45244478)
> “Socioeconomic factors are what mostly constitute the risks of ending up in crime,” not ethnicity, says Felipe Estrada Dörner, a professor of criminology at Stockholm University

This is an interesting comment and sounds correct. I'm curious though, what is the driver of increased socioeconomic distress in Sweden? I thought they were doing pretty well.

I did a bit of reading and it seems like Sweden has been seeing :

- increasing segregation, with low-income and immigrant populations concentrated in certain districts

- a youth unemployment problem

- housing price crunch

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Re:ChatControl update: blocking minority held but Denmark is... by dariosalvi78 on Monday September 15, 2025 @02:57AM (#45246876)
socioeconomic factors and ethnicity are highly correlated. So Prof. Estrada Dörner is probably noting that there is no causation (foreigner -> becomes criminal) but the correlation is high and is due to many factors including segregation and latent racism, so maybe the causal factor is more like discrimination -> creates criminals.
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