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But which is the cause, and which is the effect? Could it be that welfare benefits have reduced the necessity for a woman to hold on to a man for financial sup
by flubert 11y ago
But which is the cause, and which is the effect? Could it be that welfare benefits have reduced the necessity for a woman to hold on to a man for financial support, so these men are now "adrift" and more likely to end up incarcerated? It might be interesting to look at welfare benefits and incarceration rates before and after 1964.
- venomsnake 11y agoThe benefits are not the problem - you have a lot more generous benefits in Western Europe and UK and still they have lower incarceration rates than US. If they were the cause - the problem in Europe will be a lot worse. It is the other way around - remove the jobs from a community, men turn to crime - initiate "War on drugs" - and you have a positive loopback mechanism. That is multi generational.
- flubert 11y ago>The benefits are not the problem - you have a lot more generous benefits in Western Europe and UK and still they have lower incarceration rates than US. ...That doesn't seem to me to be a proper control population.
- randyrand 11y agoI'm SUPER interested in how welfare/child support has had a negative impact on African Amercian men, and the community at large. More people need to study this. I love examples of good intentions going bad.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoAlso child support laws which could create an incentive for having multiple different fathers before settling down with one, so that you get more financial support than had one had the same number of children with just their husband.