re: #294 marjoriemoon

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.

[Link: www.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.

[Link: www.census.gov…]

You’ve never known any middle class kids with police records? I have. (Drugs. Usually drugs.)

I would guess that the majority of crimes happen near big cities. Cow tipping doesn’t usually get reported. You have to have people to have crimes.