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Your initial statement that job losses led to an increase in homicides is not supported by any data though. You’d have to establish this first before we can tal
by in3d 5y ago
Your initial statement that job losses led to an increase in homicides is not supported by any data though. You’d have to establish this first before we can talk meaningfully about the financial status of households during the pandemic. Also, why would homicides be different than other crimes due to job losses?
Here is data showing that homicides did not go up during the pandemic in other countries: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/covid/Property_Crime_Brief_2020.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/covid/Prop...
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe link between economic distress and crime is long established.
- in3d 5y agoDirectly contradicted by the data I linked for other countries. In the US, pandemic (expected to be temporary) job losses with extended unemployment, cash grants, and other special programs like the eviction moratorium are not comparable to normal job losses. We know, for example, that the financial situation of the middle class has improved in 2020. And the lack of increase in other crimes also points to other reasons.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> Directly contradicted by the data I linked for other countries. Other countries handled pandemic aid entirely differently; I even linked to an article highlighting specific cases in the comment you replied to. "It went up in the US, and not elsewhere" is a good sign the US's recent spikes had nothing to do with lead, in either direction.