[andy_card]

Only fools and liberals think that poverty causes crime.

Don't be stupid. Poverty isn't THE cause of crime, but only a fool would say it isn't one of several contributing factors. I don't pretend that culture isn't at least as signficiant. But if you're rich, you're not going to mug a pedestrian for $20.

[SauronOfMordor]

Don't be stupid. Poverty isn't THE cause of crime, but only a fool would say it isn't one of several contributing factors. I don't pretend that culture isn't at least as signficiant. But if you're rich, you're not going to mug a pedestrian for $20.

There are Oriental immigrant communities that are just as poor as the black communities. The important thing is that their reponse to lack of money is to make sure that their kids get educated in useful skills.

I'm thinking that the problem is not that bad attitudes stem from poverty, but poverty stemming from bad attitudes. A culture where members are looked down on for trying to learn, and where working at an entry level job is ridiculed, is going to stay poor

[aristeides]

Poverty isn't THE cause of crime, but only a fool would say it isn't one of several contributing factors.

Why do you think crime rates were so low in the Great Depression? Why do you think they were so much lower in the 1950's than they are now?

[hinckley buzzard]

You might enjoy a bit more respect here if you begin to realize you have ingested buckets of slime from people who lie to you. Or, I guess you can just continue to enjoy being an ignorant slug.