Comments by "Nate The Lawyer" (@NateTheLawyer) on "WORST Vox Show Of All Time?" video.

Great video. I think there is a correlation between crime and poverty. Especially when talking about certain crimes. In NYC you can see the crime data by neighborhoods and see the higher crime rates are in poorer neighborhoods and vice versa. This does not mean poverty causes crimes BUT the relationship cannot be ignored. I think race doesn't play a role as other factors do. To deny this correlation is to deny Facts. Not all crimes correlate to poverty, rape for example has a low correlation where burglary has a moderate to high correlation. I admit I may be wrong and most scholarly work is inconclusive on the matter. I am not saying poverty causes crime, but there is a correlation like taller people have larger shoe sizes and shorter people have smaller shoe sizes. I accept the strength of the correlation is where the argument may be. I will look into it more.
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@pewtercamaro the Great Depression was a different time, different factors. If your argument relies on data from almost 100 years ago vs the last 20 year, you are not being reasonable.
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@pewtercamaro From the Federal Government: "Poverty, Segregation, and Inequality. Neighborhoods with more concentrated disadvantage tend to experience higher levels of violent crime. Numerous studies, for instance, show that neighborhoods with higher poverty rates tend to have higher rates of violent crime. Greater overall income inequality within a neighborhood is associated with higher rates of crime, especially violent crime. Sampson notes that even though the city of Stockholm has far less violence, segregation, and inequality than the city of Chicago, in both cities a disproportionate number of homicides occur in a very small number of very disadvantaged neighborhoods."
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@DHormone good point
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@pewtercamaro I have studies, data, even the Feds have many articles on it. Your argument is not with me it is with the data. Sorry
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@ActualJusticeWarrior yes I realize that. Thanks. But that doesn’t negate the fact the even the governments own data suggests the correlation between the two. One instance vs aggregate data.
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@pewtercamaro I deal with facts and evidence. If you have a paper that show that please put it here so I can read it.
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@meryan972 thanks
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@pewtercamaro we are likely talking past each other. But you make valid points and thank you for sharing them. I have somethings to think about.
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