Does austerity lead to crime?
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
Interesting. I read the website of Martin Varsavsky (an Argentinean entrepreneur who's settled in Madrid - the guy behind Jazztel, Fon and many others) and he wrote the following article, quoting oficial figures, that stated crime figures had actually gone down whilst unemployment went up. [in Spanish]
http://spanish.martinvarsavsky.net/m...idad-baja.html
The comments are quite interesting. For example they point out that small scale crimes may longer get reported. Even so, it makes you think.
http://spanish.martinvarsavsky.net/m...idad-baja.html
The comments are quite interesting. For example they point out that small scale crimes may longer get reported. Even so, it makes you think.
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
Can you imagine what would happen to the English crime figures if all the pikeys went back to Ireland?
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
A difficult one, Bil. The big difference would be if Jamaicans went back home, but the black crime is now being committed by their grandchildren who are as British as you and I.
Anyway, it's dangerous territory. Crime committing Pikeys are a tiny minority of the bigger picture; poverty causes crime, it always has done. Politicians stay clear of the subject, it's an admission of failure on their part.
Anyway, it's dangerous territory. Crime committing Pikeys are a tiny minority of the bigger picture; poverty causes crime, it always has done. Politicians stay clear of the subject, it's an admission of failure on their part.
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
A difficult one, Bil. The big difference would be if Jamaicans went back home, but the black crime is now being committed by their grandchildren who are as British as you and I.
Anyway, it's dangerous territory. Crime committing Pikeys are a tiny minority of the bigger picture; poverty causes crime, it always has done. Politicians stay clear of the subject, it's an admission of failure on their part.
Anyway, it's dangerous territory. Crime committing Pikeys are a tiny minority of the bigger picture; poverty causes crime, it always has done. Politicians stay clear of the subject, it's an admission of failure on their part.
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poverty causes crime, it always has done
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
If you live in a big city like London, it's dead easy to prove that poverty leads to crime, though not an experiment I would recommend.
Dress as you would for the office, take a briefcase, and walk a mile along the streets at midnight. If you start off at Westminster, you would probably make it, if you kept to the north of the river.
If you started off at Dalston Junction you would be relieved of your briefcase long before the end of your walk.
Hackney is the poorest borough in the land, Westminster the richest. It really is that simple.
Dress as you would for the office, take a briefcase, and walk a mile along the streets at midnight. If you start off at Westminster, you would probably make it, if you kept to the north of the river.
If you started off at Dalston Junction you would be relieved of your briefcase long before the end of your walk.
Hackney is the poorest borough in the land, Westminster the richest. It really is that simple.
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
No.
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
It's not just burglary, theft that increase during times of recession. People are left frustrated & angry so violent crime will rise also. We are already seeing a resurgence of football hooliganism & this trend will continue to rise as more & more young men discover the channel for their anger.
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
In times of financial hardship, this is said to give impetus to the politics of the right.
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
Black people steal more than white people.
( Well since we are making unsubstantiated claims I might as well join in)
( Well since we are making unsubstantiated claims I might as well join in)
#28
Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
I believe that crime statistics in the US do demonstrate that.
Particularly so for more serious crime. Blacks are 13% of the population but commit 51.2% of the murders.....and it was calculated that a black person is 5.6 times more likely than a white person to be a murderer.
Source here!
Particularly so for more serious crime. Blacks are 13% of the population but commit 51.2% of the murders.....and it was calculated that a black person is 5.6 times more likely than a white person to be a murderer.
Source here!
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Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
I believe that crime statistics in the US do demonstrate that.
Particularly so for more serious crime. Blacks are 13% of the population but commit 51.2% of the murders.....and it was calculated that a black person is 5.6 times more likely than a white person to be a murderer.
Source here!
Particularly so for more serious crime. Blacks are 13% of the population but commit 51.2% of the murders.....and it was calculated that a black person is 5.6 times more likely than a white person to be a murderer.
Source here!
#30
Re: Does austerity lead to crime?
No....but I don't think the UK figures are that different.
Twelve per cent of London’s men are black. But 54 per cent of the street crimes committed by men in London, along with 46 per cent of the knife crimes and more than half of the gun crimes, are thought by the Metropolitan Police to have been committed by black men.
Source HERE!
Twelve per cent of London’s men are black. But 54 per cent of the street crimes committed by men in London, along with 46 per cent of the knife crimes and more than half of the gun crimes, are thought by the Metropolitan Police to have been committed by black men.
Source HERE!