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warderenator
Nov 16, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

BreakAtmo posted:

Basically - what do you believe is the primary cause of theft? Or robbery, burglary - any crime that involves taking the possessions/money of others. Is it primarily a crime committed by the desperate, who are poor and struggling and so have resorted to thievery to get by, or are most thieves in a relatively comfortable financial position and simply want more without caring who suffers? Or are there other reasons you can think of? Obviously there will always be examples of both and then some, but I'm talking about the more common cause.

I would say "All of the above," but economics isn't the only issue. Cultural issues also play a large role. The people who study this stuff are called criminologists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminology

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