tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12861485.post7898539445454772606..comments2023-11-05T02:46:43.890-05:00Comments on Poverty News Blog: South African study finds no link between poverty and crimeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04458883515035502713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12861485.post-26908488587158446412010-02-11T06:35:41.775-05:002010-02-11T06:35:41.775-05:00mjs,
Would you say then that what drives crime in...mjs,<br /><br />Would you say then that what drives crime in countries with greater disparity is not poverty, but rather the age old sin, greed?William Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211201729445913360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12861485.post-54807926820957855522010-02-08T10:14:37.745-05:002010-02-08T10:14:37.745-05:00good study. but it doesn't look at the more fu...good study. but it doesn't look at the more fundamental question. <br /><br />There is no correlation between absolute poverty and crime (violent in particular) but there is a tremendous correlation between poverty and crime where there is a larger proportion of unequal distribution of incomes. it is not the poorest countries that have the greatest violence but where you find the greatest disparities in wealth that you find the greatest violence.mjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083166767266042830noreply@blogger.com