. Inequality significantly increases crime, while the poverty reduction does not reduce crime. 2. The widening consumption gap … between urban and rural residents may be the cause of crime, the effect is more significant for visible consumer goods. 3. The … excessive consumption difference between the rich and ordinary people may lead to crime. 4. The increasing inequality of …

migrating peasants, and, consequently, has a positive effect on narrowing the rural-urban income or consumption gap. Urban labor …

Income distribution is perceived to affect crime (Becker 1968; Thurow 1971; Merlo 2003). Consequently, economists have … argues that income polarization rather than inequality should be taken into account in the context of crime analysis … crime-income distribution relationship. Income polarization is found to be positively and significantly associated with …