Re: crime rising in US cities
On May 21, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
The war effect theory does not explain that. However, it is possible to extend this argument to other
factors legitimizing violence e.g. the hip hop music and gangsta rap in
particular - which would make the Archer’s theory better suited to explaining
this kind of violence.
As I recall, something like half the hip hop records are bought by
white suburban kids. They’re not killing each other. People with no
prospects are more likely to commit crimes than anyone else.
Doug