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Gun violence and social factors

Social factors, including socioeconomic disadvantage, are primary predictors of city homicide rates, with mechanisms including concentrated disadvantage and intergenerational poverty

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Are there any studies on the correlation between crime rates and socioeconomic factors?

Numerous studies find correlations between socioeconomic factors—poverty, income inequality, unemployment, and neighborhood disadvantage—and higher crime rates, but estimates vary and causality is con...