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Crime affects the economy in communities.

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  • Crime is an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
  • Economy is thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
  • A community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have common cultural and historical heritage.

How is economy related to crime?

When times are good and the economy is booming and people have money in their pockets, acquisitive crime declines. However, violent crime increases. The theory behind this is that people go out, spend their disposable income, get intoxicated and hit people.

When times are bad and the economy is in recession, violent crime decreases, this is probably down to the fact that people cannot afford to go out, get intoxicated and hit people. Incredibly, at times like this acquisitive crime increases. This is probably because people don’t have much so they go out and steal, presumably so they can generate some money, go out, get intoxicated and hit someone.

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