It's intuitive, but I'm not sure if there's a causal link. The 20th century saw an incredible increase in income equality and that was the highest point in the

It's intuitive, but I'm not sure if there's a causal link. The 20th century saw an incredible increase in income equality and that was the highest point in the recent crime wave. In fact, the increase in income inequality in the US over the last thirty years has coincided with the drastic decrease in violent crime, which is super interesting because it implies that those variables might be more independent than originally thought.