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> On the whole people commit crime because they are desperate (for money, for drugs, etc.) occasionally because they have an anti-social personality disorder.
by lr4444lr 3y ago
> On the whole people commit crime because they are desperate (for money, for drugs, etc.) occasionally because they have an anti-social personality disorder.
Most poor people do not commit crimes, which is what you would expect if that statemebt is true. I have no info on addicts, but I doubt most of them commit crimes either aside from dealing.
Antisocial behavior is the common denominator.
- tech_ken 3y ago> Most poor people do not commit crimes, which is what you would expect if that statemebt is true. No this does not follow from what I said. "Group A is more likely to do X than Group B" is very different from "The majority of Group A does X". One is a comparison between two rates, and the other is a comparison of one rate to an absolute threshold (50%).