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The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect(2017)
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(theguardian.com)
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vivekmgeorge
4y ago
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sul_tasto
4y ago
Crime rates are affected by the degree of relative poverty in a community. This is not new.
vivekmgeorge
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4y 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
4y ago
Also not new: the outsized impact fragile masculinity has on violence…
clove
4y ago
Also not new: When you control for income, race is the determining factor.
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