chem1st Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Poor people are more likely to be murdered than rich people in the UK. Unemployed people are even more likely to be murdered. Homeless people are more likely to be murdered. Young men are the most likely to be murdered. Should they be paid danger money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 No, they should : Get a job Get rich Get a home Get older And reduce the chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 No, they should : Get a job Get rich Get a home Get older And reduce the chances. Danger money would help them survive to old age and reduce the chances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 What can I say, it's a tough world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 What can I say, it's a tough world. Young men in the bottom 10% of income are more than twice as likely to be murdered now, than they were in 1980. As inequality has increased, so has the murder rate of the poorest. Surely they deserve some danger money. Perhaps we could lower the murder rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Young men in the bottom 10% of income are more than twice as likely to be murdered now, than they were in 1980. Still not very likely though is it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Still not very likely though is it ? What isn't very likely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 What isn't very likely? that someone will get murdered in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 that someone will get murdered in the UK. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/publications/commentary/red_pepper_inequality_kills.pdf (Only 2 pages) In fact, the rise in murders in Britain has been concentrated almost exclusively amongst men of working age living in the poorest parts of the country. Living in the areas most affected by the recession and high unemployment of the early 1980s, many of these men left school at 15 or 16 and were unable to find work. In each case, there is no simple causal relationship at play. Murders typically result from a complex interplay of factors – including social exclusion, esteem and status – as well as a considerable degree of bad luck. For every murder victim, dozens of others have been ‘almost murdered’. There is a common myth that gun crime is behind high murder rates in poor areas. In fact, a higher proportion of rich people are killed by guns than poor people. The most common way of being murdered in poor areas was through being cut with a knife or broken glass. Most murders are shockingly banal – such as a fight after a night out drinking in which a threat was made and someone died. Unemployment is higher than ever, especially amongst the youth! Surely these young men deserve danger money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Surely these young men deserve danger money? But it's them that are doing the murdering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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