jamesieboy
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World crime rates: a question of culture?Murder rates vary greatly in the world.
What are the contributing factors? you could mention poverty but in some poor parts of the world there is very little crime.
Colombia, South Africa and Jamaica have horrendous murder rates. THe last country only has a population of 2'8 million, yet the murder rate runs at around 1200 a year. Yet in other caribbean islands it is much lower.
In Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby, the violence has unbelievable
levels. I have friend who taught there and she says it was horrendous with violence against women rampant
Why is this? Is it cultural?
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Scott2006
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I thought you took a rather Montesquieuan position from one of your previous posts.
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jamesieboy
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So you're now going to tell us what that word means, Scotty.
For the record, my past posts have been all over the place. So it's best not to judge a book by its cover.
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twistedandbent
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somwe people jusy enjoy crime and violence.
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Lord Pitsligo
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Re: World crime rates: a question of culture? | jamesieboy wrote: |
Why is this? Is it cultural? |
Probably.
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Cookie
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I agree that crime has a cultural dimension to it. Take the US for example. The right to bear arms is of huge cultural significance to many American's and there are over 13,000 gun related fatalities in the states per year. However, it is wrong to simply blame culture. You also have to consider other factors such as drugs and poverty. It is no coincidence that crime is larger in urban centre's than it is in rural areas. Does anyone believe that there may be a biological cause for some acts of crime? Are some people born bad? I personally believe that socialisation, or the lack thereof, has a huge effect. But could it be in someone’s genes?
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jamesieboy
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In Jamaica there's a very high level of violence against homosexuals.
They call them 'batty boys' and one prominent rap singer allegedly took part in an assault on a gay guy. There was a complete indifference by the authorities to take any action and he got away with it.
Rape and violence against women in Papua New Guinea is almost seen as an acceptable pastime and womens rights groups have long complained of little being done about it.
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