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Don't blame crime on the poor.
by robertoandred 2y ago
Don't blame crime on the poor.
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agohttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235223000363#:~:text=There%20is%20compelling%20evidence%20that,on%20the%20social%20resistance%20framework https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00472.... There is compelling evidence crime is correlated with inequality.
- fastball 2y agohttps://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- mempko 2y agoOk, but not all correlations are spurious. What makes that research spurious?
- fastball 2y agoI can't read that paywalled article, but from the sounds of the abstract, no methodology is introduced to demonstrate causation. Any correlation that does not in turn show causation is spurious.
- mempko 2y agoGot it, so you are just guessing.
- fastball 2y agoDo you have more info? Would be great if you explain how they do demonstrate causality. Not really sure why it is on me to refute a paywalled article that has no indication of being relevant. Please note that the OC who posted the link to the study (and to whom I was responding) specifically said "correlated".
- undersuit 2y agoIn an unequal society the crime could just be in the areas of high poverty because the government chooses to avoid improving those areas. Off the top of my head that's just one way to interpret "Crime is a function of inequality."