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		centimeter on April 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China is betting that the West is in irreversible ... Poverty is actually a quite weak predictor of crime rates once you condition on demographic factors such as percent single-parent households.

diplomatpuppy on April 13, 2021 [–]

Thank you. Some of the poorest people I know are deeply moral. Indeed a poorly run home is the largest predictor - and too little (or too much) money does magnify the problem, poverty isn’t synonymous with crime.

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