“Crime is often the result of lack of opportunity, lack of work opportunity,” Delavega said. For decades she has tracked poverty trends and has found a direct correlation between poverty and ...

Areas of deprivation, tend to have higher crime rates. This suggests there is a strong link between poverty and crime ... people who commit crime. Recent research into the causes of crime has ...

Living with persistent poverty and/or parental mental illness throughout childhood may double the risk of carrying and/or ...

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has long been recognized as one of the most effective anti-poverty ... The relationship between financial insecurity, welfare reform, and crime is well ...