This theory is a classic case of assuming causation from correlation. In the 19th century richer people were fatter and poorer people thinner. Today the opposite is true. In both cases there is a correlation between crime (at least the kind that gets caught and punished) and poverty. Income inequality causes crime not obesity and there is a massive body of evidence to support that. Want a safer society? Make it more equal.
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Date: 2010-05-14 10:48 am (UTC)