Title: A Global Dilemma: How Unemployment Creates Poverty
Headings: A Global Dilemma: How Unemployment Creates Poverty
A Global Dilemma: How Unemployment Creates Poverty
1. The Loss of Income
2. Perpetuating the Poverty Cycle
3. Increased Criminal Activity
4. Long-term Unemployment
The Vicious Cycle

Content: Increased Criminal Activity
While the previous examples explain how unemployment creates poverty directly through affecting income, it also leads to increases in criminal activity. Areas with high levels of unemployment, especially youth unemployment, have been found to have higher levels of crime and vandalism. When individuals are unable to earn incomes legally to supply for their families, they may turn to criminal and violent activity. Two-fifths of those individuals who take part in criminal activity stated that unemployment was the main reason for their illegal involvement while only a tenth believed in the cause. When individuals turn to violence to escape poverty, their chances of them staying criminals grow; and with the spread of violence and crime, the political instability of a nation grows. With high levels of crime, educational attainment and the access to health care are also negatively affected. As education and health are two main factors affecting poverty, violence creates a further downward spiral after unemployment. 4. Long-term Unemployment
Once individuals are unemployed, the risk of falling into long-term unemployment rises.