Why Are Murder Rates So High In The Rust Belt (Paid Post by CBS From The New York Times)

Quoted: What does the economy have to do with violence? “For decades, we’ve seen poverty, unemployment, segregation and lack of economic opportunities strongly correlate with higher violent crime and murder rates,” says sociologist Emily A. Shrider, a research associate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “Without economic options, for some people, desperate times call for desperate measures. You commit an armed robbery and maybe murder someone in the process.”