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

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

10 points by vivekmgeorge 4 years ago | 4 comments

sul_tasto 4 years ago |

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

vivekmgeorge 4 years ago | |

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!

purplepatrick 4 years ago | |

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

clove 4 years ago | | |

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