More wealth in an economy enables us to deal with many of the social problems that cause crime, ill health, and so forth.
But criminal justice experts warned that a number of factors could cause crime to start increasing again rapidly.
Some critics argued that the song could cause crime and violence.
The police say they do not yet know if the cuts are causing crime to rise.
The decisions of individual men and women to commit bad acts is what causes crime.
Appalachian culture does not cause poverty, crime, or school failure.
The current view is that drugs cause crime and corruption, and spread disease.
Arrests may even cause crime rather than deter it, especially if the charges are routinely dropped.
Alcohol is only one of the things that causes crime in poor communities.
Critics argued that the song could cause crime and violence.
