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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago

Why do poor people commit more crime?

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Why do poor people commit more crime?

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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago
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Why Do Poor People Commit More Crime? - Marginal REVOLUTION
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It’s well known that people with lower incomes commit more crime. Call this the cross-sectional result. But why? One set of explanations suggests that it’s precisely the lack of financial resources that causes crime. Crudely put, maybe poorer people commit crime to get money. Or, poorer people face greater strains–anger, frustration, resentment–which leads them to […]

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    1 year ago

    Good fix. Reminds me of, “In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.” By Anatole France.

    Guy wrote a couple of bangers actually.

    https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France

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