It’s well known that people with lower incomes commit more crime. Call this the cross-sectional result. But why? One set of explanations suggests that it’s precisely the lack of financial resources that causes crime. Crudely put, maybe poorer people commit crime to get money. Or, poorer people face greater strains–anger, frustration, resentment–which leads them to […]
If the soul is left in darkness,
sins will be committed
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin,
But he who causes the darkness
Victor Hugo
A quote from his writing in Les Miserables … and it was quote that was repeated by Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights period.