Absolute Poverty vs Relative Poverty

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Absolute poverty vs. Relative poverty. In terms of predictors of violent crime, relative poverty is a more accurate model, than absolute poverty. And perhaps to elaborate, in absolute poverty, everyone is visibly poor. While there may be visible stratification amongst the poor, the overall image is that there is little wealth in the community. In communities of relative poverty however, the stratification of wealth reaches a much higher level. Individuals can now see a contrast between upper or even middle class and the working poor wherein the individual is concerned. In such cases of absolute poverty, especially where there is little social mobility, the propensity towards violence and crime in general is much higher. This is because the lack of social mobility necessitates that to gain social status, the young males will often become aggressive and/or territorial. It allows them to climb in a sense, though not the manner which is acceptable to society as a whole. If crime was tied to purely absolute poverty like many think, places like Owesley County, Kentucky would have among the nation's highest crime rates. Yet their rate is remarkably low.

TLDR: Intrasexual competition

 

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