Immediate Poverty as Well as the Surrounding Context That Causes

question 12

Multiple Choice

Immediate poverty as well as the surrounding context that causes it contributes to violent and other crime rates. What has research suggested as remediation of this cause and effect?

• A) A change in the structure of inequality could reduce crime rates.
• B) Criminal activity is reduced by a one percent improvement in the economy.
• C) A 1 percent increase in wages can reduce crime in segregated neighborhoods.
• D) A program of income redistribution can have a disproportionate effect on reducing crime.

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