Criminology

4 entries in this category

• Poverty Drives Urban Homicides
  Poverty, inequality, and deprivation are the root causes of high homicide rates.
  A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false 35 sources
• Places Drive Homicide Differences
  Differences in firearm homicide rates between adjacent neighborhoods are primarily caused by environmental features of places rather than differences in people.
  A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false 24 sources
• System 1 Thinking Causes Irrational Violence
  Human errors, biases, and violence stem from fast System 1 thinking that can be corrected by deliberate System 2 reflection.
  A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false 15 sources
• Income Inequality Drives Crime
  Higher income inequality leads to more crime by increasing criminal payoffs and reducing opportunity costs.
  A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 11 sources