>Relationships between poverty and violent crime, specifically children growing up in poor households, have been well known for a very long time and the relatio

>Relationships between poverty and violent crime, specifically children growing up in poor households, have been well known for a very long time and the relationship continues to be shown repeatedly. On the other hand, crime went down a lot, across the board, in 2009 despite the recession. <https://newrepublic.com/article/80316/relationship-poverty-crime-rates-economic-conditions https://newrepublic.com/article/80316/relationship-poverty-c...> West Virginia, among the poorest of US states, has a crime rate well below average.