Once again, the social construct of our larger state or nation can reflect the work we are doing in our market communities. The question of why we have seen a reduction in crime is studied in this article. Recently I read (from Freakonomics author Steven Levitt and others) that when crime rates first began to fall in the 1990s, they pointed to the passing of Roe V Wade as causality, believing that children not growing up unwanted and without resources reduced later criminal behavior. This piece is pointed out in the article, along with other theories.
However, this article adds the argument that increasing diversity through the encouragement of a more varied ethnic, racial and demographic population in our cities and towns is the more direct cause of crime reduction.
The diversity issue is key for markets too, although probably not through the tabulation of crime stats! Still, if we add trust and encourage everyone to come to our markets, we’re bound to make more dynamic places that thrive.
The Atlantic