[sul_tasto]

Crime rates are affected by the degree of relative poverty in a community. This is not new.

[vivekmgeorge]

Yes. Not new, but for some the mental exercise to put this idea together seems too hard. The general narrative is that criminals are just random bad ppl!

[purplepatrick]

Also not new: the outsized impact fragile masculinity has on violence…

[clove]

Also not new: When you control for income, race is the determining factor.