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Poor people are more likely to commit street crime. > Findings on social class differences in crime are less clear than they are for gender or age differences.

Poor people are more likely to commit street crime. > Findings on social class differences in crime are less clear than they are for gender or age differences. Arrests statistics and much research indicate that poor people are much more likely than wealthier people to commit street crime. > [...] most criminologists would probably agree that social class differences in criminal offending are “unmistakable” (Harris & Shaw, 2000, p. 138). http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bookhub/reader/3064?e=barkansoc_1.0-ch08_s03 http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bookhub/reader/3064?e=... And again, as you admitted, PCP has the connotation of being used by poor people. I can't find stats on it right now, having just run out of time, but you even admitted it directly. I didn't pull it out of thin air.

Retric 10y ago
As to connotation's, that's faulty reasoning. The only correct response to any of my questions was, not enough information. Yet, you where more than happy to try and both pick a response and then justify it. Even when I directly said you were wrong. Now, the same identical reasoning happens all over the place in the criminal justice system. Making the link between crime statistics and crimes almost meaningless. Arrest statistics are just that arrest statistics and they don't tell you about who was actually committing crimes. PS: I suspect you feel very confidante about his race, except I never confirmed or denied your assumption. Edit: TLDR; Making a judgement with limited evidence is a really bad habit. People soon forget they chose something because it was slightly better odds and reinforce the judgement so something that may have been even odds to start with often feels much more likely over time.