Title: Does Unemployment Increase Crime Rate? - Opinion Front
Headings: Does Unemployment Increase Crime Rate?
Does Unemployment Increase Crime Rate?
Crime Rate and Unemployment
Impact of Unemployment on Crime Rate
Other Factors
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Content: In several countries, like the US and the UK, there are certain monetary benefits that the unemployed receive, and though these may not be enough, they certainly work towards restricting the number of people turning towards crime. Other Factors
When speaking of crime rates, it is also vital to consider factors, other than unemployment, which more often than not, may have a more profound impact. Of these, geographical location is the most important. Sometimes, certain geographical locations are such that they make available, a perfect setting for a certain type of crime to happen. For instance, a port town may prove to be a perfect setting for illegal smuggling of goods by the sea. Similarly, other factors, such as, social and political structures, overall culture, etc., also determine the rise and fall in crime rates. Notably, unemployment―if it does lead to crime―results in the increase in the number of property crimes rather than the violent ones. It has been observed that people turning towards crime due to unemployment, are not inherently criminals. Most of them also tend to explore other options before committing anti-social and law-breaking acts.