Why are crime rates higher in some places more than others?

Question

Is it just a product of environment kind of thing?

Answer 1

Funny, old man, I was dealing with that last night. I'm a journalist serving a community with pockets of serious crime, and was covering a story I wish wasn't there to be covered.

It's largely about economics. Hard times breed desperation.
The desperate lash out in a variety of ways, many in conflict with law and commonly accepted morality.
The shadow of crime over a community only deepens the despair, the vicious cycle has its play; the theft, addiction, and violence become self-reinforcing, and an amoral ethos is established as a local standard.
This only furthers the economic decay, and I suppose you can fill in the rest.

I love my hometown, but it has its cancerous spots.

Answer 2

Could be but I think a lot has to do with the level of stress. Larger cities have higher crime rates. People can only deal with so much before they snap.

Answer 3

It can depend on how many people live in the area and as to what level of Education they have received. Also , if the area has wealth , there will be allways a have and have not culture with the havenots never wanting to be without if you know what i mean....

Answer 4

yes when you look around and you see everybody going nowhere fast then what the use of you trying to go some where. in other word all you know is the thug life then why not be thug why not kill Why not sell drugs. if they cant find hope why not be hopeless

Answer 5

Of course it is environmental...

Rich areas are heavily populated with rich people who need not commit crimes. Rich areas are more heavily patrolled by police, thus reducing crime. Poor areas have high concentrations of poor people, thus more crime due to theft, illegal drug sales, etc.

Answer 6

They have free hotels they call "Jail"