This review analyses the time-series evidence of the effects of changing income inequality
on crime for a number of countries and types of crime. 17 papers analysing this relationship …

While previous synthesis research studies have found income inequality to be the most
consistent predictor of crime at the cross-national level, recent comparative research studies …

Although the theoretical link between income inequality, poverty, and violent crime has a
long and well-established history, the empirical evidence to date can best be described as …

This paper estimates the effect of income inequality on crime in United States counties using
both cross-sectional and first-differenced approaches. Income inequality is positively …

We investigate the robustness and causality of the link between income inequality and
violent crime across countries. First, we study the correlation between the Gini index and …

We examine the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and different types of
crime. Our results are consistent with recent research in showing that inequality is unrelated …

The degree of income inequality in Sweden has varied substantially since the 1970s. This
study analyzes whether this variation has affected the crime rate using a panel of Swedish …

Earlier studies on income inequality and crime have typically used total income or total
earnings. However, it is quite likely that it is the changes in permanent rather than in …

Previous studies have identified but failed to explain satisfactorily the positive relationship
between income inequality and homicide rates. This paper proposes an explanation based …

This article argues that the link between income inequality and violent property crime might
be spurious, complementing a similar argument in prior analysis by the author on the …