End White Flight From Cities, Because It's Good To Be Afraid

A group of criminologists has an interesting reason why people who left crime-ridden cities should stick around - fear of crime is good for kids. Most politicians and police officers seek to reduce crime, of course, and mitigate the causes where they can, so an argument that it's psychologically healthy is going against 50 years of sociological belief, which says that people who are afraid are likely to do less rational things to protect themselves, and have a lot of other chronic psychological issues. read more

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