Experts: Bad Economies Don’t Cause Crime Waves
What should be done if anything?
NPR- There are few outlaws in the United States as famous as Bonnie and Clyde — a young couple, with no jobs or prospects, driving across the country robbing banks and killing police officers to make ends meet during the Great Depression.
It’s an indelible image of what people will do during desperate times. For a while, Bonnie and Clyde were almost American heroes.
There’s only one problem: The Depression years had very little crime.
With the economy’s current troubles, many people assume a crime wave is just around the corner. But criminologists say that’s just an American myth
November 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am
All those yah-who’s that bought guns recently are going to be VERY disapointed to hear this.