Is this a puzzling
anomaly? Most people assume that hard times cause crime spikes. They
reason, plausibly enough, that financial pressures — as a consequence
of, say, becoming unemployed — lead to stress, anger and violence.
Many criminologists agree. The "strain theory" of crime holds that high or rising unemployment and poverty rates may be indicators of increasingly unequal opportunities, and that periods of sharply unequal opportunity are likely to produce more crime.
Read on...
This is an op-ed from the LATimes. Tom
Many criminologists agree. The "strain theory" of crime holds that high or rising unemployment and poverty rates may be indicators of increasingly unequal opportunities, and that periods of sharply unequal opportunity are likely to produce more crime.
Read on...
This is an op-ed from the LATimes. Tom
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