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: 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. Such people cannot go farther than property crimes, except in some extremely rare instances. On the other hand, people who indulge in violent crimes, seldom come under the “unemployed” category. In fact, many of them are professional criminals, committing criminal acts for money. So, what is important is the fact that irrespective of whether a person is employed or not, it is eventually his own thought process that persuades or dissuades him from committing a crime. To sum up, unemployment is definitely one of the factors that may lead to an increase in crime rates.