Pare Paul-Philippe, Felson Richard
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario.
Br J Sociol. 2014 Sep;65(3):434-58. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12083.
We examine the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and different types of crime. Our results are consistent with recent research in showing that inequality is unrelated to homicide rates when poverty is controlled. In our multi-level analyses of the International Crime Victimization Survey we find that inequality is unrelated to assault, robbery, burglary, and theft when poverty is controlled. We argue that there are also theoretical reasons to doubt that the level of income inequality of a country affects the likelihood of criminal behaviour.
我们研究了收入不平等、贫困与不同类型犯罪之间的关系。我们的研究结果与近期研究一致，表明在控制贫困因素后，不平等与凶杀率无关。在对国际犯罪受害者调查的多层次分析中，我们发现，在控制贫困因素后，不平等与袭击、抢劫、入室盗窃和盗窃无关。我们认为，也有理论依据怀疑一个国家的收入不平等程度会影响犯罪行为的可能性。
