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Isn't this rejected by the study. If poor people have less to lose, then why doesn't the data show that increasing their wealth reduces their crime rate? If they are awarded more money, then they have more to lose, yet their rate is crime forward but decrease according to this study, no?

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Because they didn't invest time and effort in the means to acquire that wealth, which is the thing most wealthy people are truly afraid to lose.

Professional licensing (e.g. MD), social network and reputation, political power.

Giving someone even a lot of cash doesn't tie them to "the system" in the way that those things do.

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