Do you believe in this? Options

[sadolakced acid]

this also requires some knoledge of human physcology.

On stealing:

humans naturally have a tendency that some of them like risks and some don't...

if humans never took risks we'd still be in the tree (evolution, but if you don't belive, america would have never revolted and no US would be formed.)

however; if every human took risks we'd all die out.

so; people get an adrenaline rush when they steal. it's a risk. you might get caught.

some people enjoy the rush; some don't.

those that do will are more likely to steal for fun.

there are also those who cannot afford certain things, like say a cool shirt. their want of the item will overpower thier fear of the risk, and they will try to steal it.

however; if sucessful it reduces the percived risk.


now how this applies:

adrenaline junkies can get thier adrenaline rush many ways. skydiving, rock climbing. extreme sports. however; extreme sports cost a pretty penny to participate in, whereas shoplifting costs nothing and you get something.

therefore; if we assume the amount of adrenaline junkies in rich and poor people is the same (%) then we can say that rich adrenaline junkies are more likely to turn to extreme sports than poor people.

thus leaving the poor with a higher percent of probablitly to shoplift.

On the second: it's a bit obvious that people who steal (the first time) because they can't afford something are not rich.

if you want to factor in the peer pressure you'd have to look at sociology.


crimes like murder and rape also work like this a bit;

if you're rich you can pay a hit man.

heck, if you're poor you can too. 500 bucks or so.

[Spirited Away]

perhaps..
but poor people are still human..as same as we..

I'm sorry, was that something to rebuttal what I said or is it to add on? I'm confused because of that "but".

[tooeffingcrazy]

Like comradered said, why would you commit crimes if you can get everything legally?

Hmm. i think he is talking about a crime, not only stealing. Yes, i think that poor people commit more crimes, but what about the average people? Rich people can get out of anything with that loads of money they have, but poor people can't. The average can get some stuff, but they won't be able to get out of hurting someone.

[*xcaitlinx*]

it`s called "STEROTYPING", and obviously most people think that poor people are criminals, while rich people are the perfect American citizens. Wow...quite sad. Which do you see more on the front page of the newspaper...rich celebrities/people murdering/raping/molesting? or poor black people in harlem, nyc ... robbing people. Yeah, that's what I thought.

[*salcha*]

im kind of on both sides. example, if you go take a walk in san francisco, you have more of a weird feeling because of the poor conditions.

and hte other hand, poor people /= more crimes. like you said, it can happen anywhere.

[onenonly101]

I don't believe poor people commit more crimes. They just get cuaght more because the police are more likely to be hanging around their part of town.

I know many rich kids who steal,fight, and have breaking and entering charges. On the outside everything might see fine but it isn't. Becuase i am just as scared walking in downtown atlanta as i am walking in buckhead. Rich people can just hide their crimes more efficently because they have the funds to

[177emories]

i think that there are MORE crime in the poor areas of the city.
like where i am there no crime in richmond hill (obviously rich area) and in scarbz pp die there so much (poorer area, cheaper housing)

[TreesTurnMeOn]

i believe it. i go to a suburbian school with some rich EFFin kids. hardly anything goes down. 99% of my friends go to city schools and i hear about a minimum of 3 fights a day.

My school is 60% black, and we have about 3 fights a day also. Polic patrol the schools because we always have someone with crack or weed, and with my dad being a policeman, I hear on his scanner how the gym is being broken into about 10 times a day. Btw, my school is in the corner of the "ghetto"

But my friend goes to another school that is about....2% black, and there is a fight about twice a year, noone has ever brought weed to school, noone breaks into anything, and their school is in a nice neighborhood.

I am not trying to be racist or anything, I love my black folks. ^^

[racoons > you]

i believe it. i go to a suburbian school with some rich EFFin kids. hardly anything goes down. 99% of my friends go to city schools and i hear about a minimum of 3 fights a day.

Yes but i'm at a private school with some INSANELY wealthy people, and cell phones still get stolen, people are still on weed, and still get into fights

Being rich doesn't mean you dont have problems, it just means you can afford the really GOOD ones

[sammehmyst]

It's not very opinional..

It's a fact, they do.

[Kriegsgefangene]

Statistically, poor people commit more crimes than rich people.

It makes sense when you think about it... why would you commit a crime when you can get what you want legally?

If you don't believe me, go walk for an hour in Greenwich, Connecticut, the richest suburb of NYC. Then take a taxi and go walk in Harlem or the inner city of NYC for an hour. Tell me where you feel safer.

Well, umm.. it depends upon the people, really. o.0 someone can be rich, and still commit a crime. No legal way to buy death of course...

That stuff is like over-underground stuffs. Like when you have like these huge gang/mob/mafia whatever you want to calll them people. And they want something, the will just kill someone.

*shrugs*

Being rich can alter your mind for greed *shrugs* and greed, when not fed, and give extreme emotions, and then turn to violence.

So, eh...

[captured_serenit...]

crimes happen everywhere and not just in poor communities...it's depending on the person...

[racoons > you]

It's not very opinional..

what's not?

[captured_serenit...]

sometimes successful people come from the poor....sheesh...

[someflipguy]

Different places different crimes, rich neighborhoods doesn't neccesarily mean that they are angels they just have a way to work around the system or not get noticed. Poor neighborhoods, not all are bad, a steriotype made by hollywood and their stupid movies. Not saying that drive bys and other crime doesn't happen. Everyone is a potential criminal, doesn't matter race, gender, or anything.

[xGlovex]

QUOTE:Statistically, poor people commit more crimes than rich people.
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yea i agree. theyr doing all the "stealing" or more "stealing" then rich ppl because they cant afford it. they might have a reason.

[urbanychic]

It makes sense when you think about it... why would you commit a crime when you can get what you want legally?

Quite true, but don't forget white collared crimes. Embezzlement? Those sort of crimes are very common and I may be wrong here, but I think statistically higher than blue collared crimes. Look at Martha Stewart for example. Whether you are a follower or not, she commited a white collared crime.

[largosama]

DMX..... rich rapper but he goes and steals a car..
Sometimes, the code on the street makes any gang members to prove their mettle once in a while to keep alive. It's sorta society in which if you don't commit crimes, you're dead.

Many people do it out of that reason too, to stay in the gang, the only real family they feel they have.

[*mona lisa*]

most of it will probably occur in poor "ghetto" areas because they odn't have a lot of money and can't take care of themselves. they'll try to steal, and they'll be aggressive which can lead to violence and crime.

[parallel]

Well yeah...we don't really know whether or not the poor people steal more or cause most of the crimes because we're not there.. But then again, there's those people called the Police so...let's just say I agree with someflipguy...

[angel-roh]

I know that few poor people here in my state rapes children................ or steal moneys from elementary kids who walks to school from home.

I live in Shoreline, Washington near Seattle.... so yeah... I remember when I was inside my mom's car waiting for my mom while she's shopping by herself in the marshall's store... this poor guy, he came crashing to my mom's car window and just talking gibberish at me... he also had black powdery face... and he was like threatening me.

I was so scared that i even turned on the radio station... to the spiritual songs like the Christian songs lol... then he was gone... it was kinda weird cause out of nowhere he appeared... and just scared me like hecka....

But I don't think all poor guys does the crime heh... or wait... I'm thinking poor as in people who has a low income and also people who lives in the street... yeah I guess they do a lot of crimes than rich people...
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[innovation]

well, it's all about values and influence. those who are extremely poor have often been neglected and most likely did not have much moral influence in their lives.

[ShEraBaRoO]

Statistically, poor people commit more crimes than rich people.

It makes sense when you think about it... why would you commit a crime when you can get what you want legally?

If you don't believe me, go walk for an hour in Greenwich, Connecticut, the richest suburb of NYC. Then take a taxi and go walk in Harlem or the inner city of NYC for an hour. Tell me where you feel safer.

i agree. poor people cant get what they want that easily becuz of the fact they are poor and economically challenged and thus they do whatever it takes to enjoy the things that rich people have, if it means commiting a crime to get it.