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Incarceration and Poverty in the United States - AAF

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Without reducing poverty-and more specifically, income inequality-as well as racial bias and rolling back harsh sentences for certain crimes, the United States will not meaningfully reduce its prison population.

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Does poverty lead to crime? Evidence from the United States of America

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Does poverty lead to crime? Evidence from the United States of America - Author: Mohammed Imran, Mosharrof Hosen, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury

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For many wealthy tourists around the world, the Caribbean islands seem like the perfect vacation getaway. Spring breakers, honeymooners and retirees all flock to the golden sands to bathe in crystal clear waters and soak up some sun. Last year alone the Caribbean had 25 million tourists. However, it might be surprising that the murder rates in the Caribbean region are higher than in any other region of the world.

Beyond the protected walls of the all-inclusive hotels, crime, violence and poverty plague the populations of these Caribbean nations. While tourism may be growing back to pre-recession levels in pockets of resorts, the majority of the population continues to battle with rising rape, murder and poverty levels. The Dominican Republic, for example, receives the most tourists of all the Caribbean Islands, yet it ranks as the third poorest Caribbean country with a gross domestic product per capita of only $9,700.

Jamaica similarly represents this paradox; though Bob Marley's music resonates peace and love around the world, today Jamaica is known for its widespread poverty and high gun crime. In fact, in 2006, 75.2% of all murders committed in Jamaica involved the use of guns.

A report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean discusses the complexity of poverty and its multilevel impacts on Caribbean countries. Poverty affects societies on a social, cultural, psychological and political level, resulting in increased crime and violence. Nations easily become entangled in a vicious cycle that perpetuates these problems. Poverty causes crime and violence, which then further inhibits a country's growth and development, thus leading to more poverty and inequality.

Social inequality and poverty in the Caribbean date back to colonialism, as the slave trade created a lasting impact on the social order and economic system of many islands. Back then, social tensions and inequality existed between peninsulares, Spanish-born Spaniards and Creoles and those with European decent born in the new colonies. Today, the situation remains relatively unchanged, as some of the largest businesses are still owned by white families who continue to reap the benefits of the plantation profits.

The violent past has indeed scarred the Caribbean region, creating a deeply divided society brewing with bitter resentment. Not surprisingly, many Caribbean nations seek slavery reparations from European countries, like Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom. They hope to restore some kind of moral justice and initiate development plans to help improve communities still suffering from the effects of slavery.

So there is hope of breaking the vicious cycle. Poverty in the Caribbean can be reduced from an institutional level by supporting education, providing family support and improving health facilities in impoverished areas. On an economic level, trade integrations can stimulate the Caribbean economy by generating jobs and alleviating poverty.

Providing a safe and productive outlet for families to make a living keeps people off the streets and away from crime and violence. The United States can encourage mutually beneficial trade relations that create jobs and build foreign markets while simultaneously restoring the social and economic stability of popular vacation spots.
- Gloria Kostadinova

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Crime and Violence Linked to Poverty in Caribbean | The Borgen Project

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For many wealthy tourists around the world, the Caribbean islands seem like the perfect vacation getaway. Spring breakers, honeymooners and retirees all flock to the golden sands to bathe in crystal clear waters and soak up some sun. Last year alone the Caribbean had 25 million tourists.

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My analysis is that poverty doesn't have a direct relationship with crime, it has an indirect relationship.  Other factors like the missing of parents and politics can be found increasing crime. However, in poorer areas there is a 3x more chance of going to jail than an area with a generally rich or middle class population. "How Adults in poverty are three times more likely to be arrested than those who aren’t, and people earning less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level are 15 times more likely to be charged with a felony"

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My analysis is that poverty doesn't have a direct relationship with crime, it has an indirect relationship.  Other factors like the missing of parents and politics can be found increasing crime. However, in poorer areas there is a 3x more chance of going to jail than an area with a generally rich or middle class population. "How Adults in poverty are three times more likely to be arrested than those who aren’t, and people earning less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level are 15 times more likely to be charged with a felony"

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This source is good because it shows statistics about the impact on where you live to crime. It also gives a lot of good facts about incarceration and it is a very useful source. It also gives specific numbers about the number of people in jails and prisons. They also said "found that only 49 percent of incarcerated men were employed in the three years prior to incarceration and their median annual earnings were $6,250; just 13 percent earned more than $15,000."

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Source #2: International Journal of Social Economics

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Source #2: International Journal of Social Economics

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This source is very good and the purpose of the paper is to find out the relationship between crime and poverty in the United States.  The paper was written by Mohammed Imran, Mosharrof Hosen, and Mohammed Ashraful Ferdous  Chowdhury. A quote that shows a good summary of the article is "The outcomes confirm a positive co-integrating relationship between poverty and property crime. It can be argued that poverty ultimately leads property crime in long run in the USA."

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This source sheds light on the issues happening in the caribbean, specifically Jamaica where people are being killed and murdered in response into the economic disparities on the island, and how the root of all this crime is poverty. "Poverty affects societies on a social, cultural, psychological and political level, resulting in increased crime and violence. Poverty causes crime and violence, which then further inhibits a country's growth and development, thus leading to more poverty and inequality."

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I chose this topic because I had previously done a project on crime and poverty so I already had a lot of information about the subject. Also the topic is something I care a lot about because it is a very big issue in the state of New York which has very high poverty and crime rates. Also I think a lot of people think that correlation doesn't imply causation for this issue but the statistics show otherwise. In poverty stricken areas more crimes are committed than rich areas and people that commit crimes statistically live in poverty stricken areas.  

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I chose this topic because I had previously done a project on crime and poverty so I already had a lot of information about the subject. Also the topic is something I care a lot about because it is a very big issue in the state of New York which has very high poverty and crime rates. Also I think a lot of people think that correlation doesn't imply causation for this issue but the statistics show otherwise. In poverty stricken areas more crimes are committed than rich areas and people that commit crimes statistically live in poverty stricken areas.  