The article is interesting because it shows that a very strict Canadian regimen of gun control does not break the pattern which we also see in the States.
Crime follows poverty, as these researchers are prone to say. Actually, it is more likely that crime and poverty go together because they are both symptoms of social disorder, and personal failings.
The fact that symptoms of social disorder vary by ethnic groups is obvious, but almost unmentionable in elite intellectual circles. It is also avoided in this article.
It would be interesting if someone were to tabulate crime statistics against marital stability. It is also likely that crime rates are higher among first-generation children of immigrants: this is not to cast aspersions on any one ethnic group, but it is a fact which can be verified in the 1800s for earlier waves of immigrants (Germans, Irish, and Italians).
“Actually, it is more likely that crime and poverty go together because they are both symptoms of social disorder, and personal failings.”
And because of a lack of belief that the justice system will be effective.
There are plenty of “poor” areas with low crime rates.
I have heard that high crime rates and fatherless homes have a much higher correlative value than poverty does, even though poverty and single parent homes correlate very well, but I do not have a source for it.