Although not the first to argue that environment affects the chances of committing crime, in the 1950s American criminologist Robert Merton argued that where people are denied the opportunity to ...

By looking at historical and contemporary maps, researchers realized that neighborhoods struggling today with poverty, crime and health issues are areas where, nearly 90 years ago, banks denied ...

Dr Segun Aina is currently the President, Africa Fintech Network and Board Chairman, Fintech Association of Nigeria. He is a past president of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, a past ...

Areas of deprivation, tend to have higher crime rates. This suggests there is a strong link between poverty and crime. For example, crime rates are higher in Dundee City, Glasgow City and Aberdeen ...

The EITC, as one of the largest and most effective anti-poverty programs in the US, has been shown to influence these crime rates—particularly in low-income neighborhoods where its benefits are ...

the researchers set out to assess the extent to which early life exposure to poverty and family adversities might be associated with involvement in youth violence, crime, and contact with the ...

A court sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a visually-challenged minor, dismissing poverty as a mitigating factor. The judge emphasized the victim's lifelong trauma, ...