• poke@sh.itjust.works
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    1 hour ago

    https://www.northwestcareercollege.edu/blog/the-relationship-between-poverty-and-crime/

    Tl;dr: Poor people commit more crime

    It’s the natural order of things, but that doesn’t mean its acceptable or should be the norm. I think its a very grounded argument to say that reducing poverty by improving social safety nets and ensuring that the lowest paying jobs can actually support someone would then decrease crime.

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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      30 minutes ago

      People in impoverished areas have also successfully reduced crime rates by using community-based initiatives. See Baltimore, for instance.

      “Committing crimes” isn’t some inherent quality of being poor, so writing people a pass for screwing others over just because that person was poor is an asinine take.

      Especially if you’re gonna try to argue that disproportionally policing poorer areas is an injustice with no evident/rational basis.