re: #268 researchok

For sure there is a correlation!

The question is how much a factor poverty is vs culture, social associations , etc.

Well I said there was a correlation. People who are happy, well-fed and have steady income, even if it isn’t a large income, do not have to resort to crime. But it’s no secret that when unemployment is high, crime goes up, petty crimes such as theft. I thought it also related to violent crimes, but that seems to be a misconception.

cepr.org

Seems like, however, that the majority of crimes happen in big cities or just outside big cities. I can’t find economic statistics to compare though, but I suspect it’s somewhere.