No offense, phillmv, but you strike me as a serious person with an open mind. If this is true, for only 62 cents you can get a copy of this book (http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Slum-Salford-Quarter-Century/d...), which describes a (low-crime) Edwardian slum from the perspective of someone who grew up there and later became a sociologist (author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Roberts_(author)).…
而且爱德华时代的英格兰就是一个极具说服力的反例。去读读 Robert Roberts 写的《The Classic Slum》吧。1900年前后的英国社会贫富差距极大，无数人穷得揭不开锅。但当时他们的凶杀案发生率比现在的贫民区低了足足100倍……
Also Edwardian England is a compelling counter-example. Read "The Classic Slum" by Robert Roberts. British society around 1900 was massively unequal and lots of people were desperately poor. But their homicide rates were 100X lower than the rates seen in the contemporary ghetto.…
……那边的社区要安全得多得多。1890年的费城要贫困得多，贫富差距也大得多，但凶杀率却低了10倍。而且爱德华时代的英格兰也是个极具说服力的反例。去读读 Robert Roberts 写的《The Classic Slum》吧。1900年前后的英国社会贫富差距极大，大批人穷困潦倒。但当时的凶杀案发生率比现在的贫民区低了100倍……
…neighborhoods there are much, much safer. Philadelphia in 1890 was much poorer, and much more unequal, yet the homicide rates were 10X lower. Also Edwardian England is a compelling counter-example. Read "The Classic Slum" by Robert Roberts. British society around 1900 was massively unequal and lots of people were desperately poor. But their homicide rates were 100X lower than the rates seen in the contemporary ghetto.…
无意冒犯啊 phillmv，但我觉得你是个严肃认真且思想开明的人。如果确实如此，花区区62美分你就能买到这本二手书（http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Slum-Salford-Quarter-Century/d...），它以一个在那里长大后来成为社会学家的人的视角，描写了一个（低犯罪率的）爱德华时代贫民窟（作者：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Roberts_(author)）……
No offense, phillmv, but you strike me as a serious person with an open mind. If this is true, for only 62 cents you can get a copy of this book (http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Slum-Salford-Quarter-Century/d...), which describes a (low-crime) Edwardian slum from the perspective of someone who grew up there and later became a sociologist (author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Roberts_(author)).…
而且爱德华时代的英格兰就是一个极具说服力的反例。去读读 Robert Roberts 写的《The Classic Slum》吧。1900年前后的英国社会贫富差距极大，无数人穷得揭不开锅。但当时他们的凶杀案发生率比现在的贫民区低了足足100倍……
Also Edwardian England is a compelling counter-example. Read "The Classic Slum" by Robert Roberts. British society around 1900 was massively unequal and lots of people were desperately poor. But their homicide rates were 100X lower than the rates seen in the contemporary ghetto.…
……那边的社区要安全得多得多。1890年的费城要贫困得多，贫富差距也大得多，但凶杀率却低了10倍。而且爱德华时代的英格兰也是个极具说服力的反例。去读读 Robert Roberts 写的《The Classic Slum》吧。1900年前后的英国社会贫富差距极大，大批人穷困潦倒。但当时的凶杀案发生率比现在的贫民区低了100倍……
…neighborhoods there are much, much safer. Philadelphia in 1890 was much poorer, and much more unequal, yet the homicide rates were 10X lower. Also Edwardian England is a compelling counter-example. Read "The Classic Slum" by Robert Roberts. British society around 1900 was massively unequal and lots of people were desperately poor. But their homicide rates were 100X lower than the rates seen in the contemporary ghetto.…