Its an objective fact among every country that publishes crime statistics. These countries all vary widely in every other metric you can imagine (social, economic, political etcetera). But, crime being disproportionately commited by men is a universal constant. Nobody has an objectively correct answer to this question, it's just a prompt for discussion. Share your opinion, whatever it may be. However, please don't be a dick to other commenters. Disagreement, good faith, many view points and discussion is the goal here.

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[–] 5 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

This is it. It's entirely a social cause. There's an unstated rule that males are generally disposable unless they have status and/or resources.

This leads to men with low self esteem and nothing to lose, no hope, taking risks and taking out their frustration on society. It's both for survival, to have some kind of relevance, and because what the hell else are they going to do when the coping mechanisms run out.

I have no idea how to solve this.. but it's entirely caused by capitalism, as per usual. When people are valued only by a dollar amount, this is what happens.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 20 hours ago* (1 child)

    I had a feeling someone would say "it's entirely caused by capitalism". I do think a large chunk has to do with the social settings but I don't think its 100% of the issue. Saying financial benefit is the root cause is pretty reductive in my opinion. I think crime would still exist in a stateless, classless and moneyless society.

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  • [–] 0 points 19 hours ago

    It's not just 'financial benefit,' it's everything that comes with it. Exploiting the environment and people, consumerism substituting meaning. Individuality over community, and a desperate rat race giving us no time or means to look past the prison bars.

    Crime would exist everywhere, but there's other societal configurations that would reduce it or completely change the distribution.

    We have crime in large part because it 'costs too much' to prevent it.

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