Washington-Sana
With the high rate of inflation and touching the highest level since 1981, several experts in the United States issued serious warnings of the increase in crimes and the exacerbation of violence problems among Americans who are directly facing the repercussions of their President Joe Biden's escalatory policies in Ukraine, which have been so far represented by the rise in food and fuel prices and the rate of inflation. .
American experts were quick to sound the alarm about the link between inflation and high crime rates in the United States, pointing out, according to a report published by the American website (WBSD6), to a marked increase in thefts and burglaries.
Cindy Boyles, associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Tennessee, USA, confirmed that with the continued inflation, more crimes are being reported, especially at gas stations, where gasoline theft has become a more prevalent issue, pointing out that inflation always leads to high demand in the black market, which motivates criminals to commit more crimes.
Boyles explained that the increase in the rate of crimes and thefts also affects the high rates of violent crimes in the American society, which is already suffering from the problem of racial discrimination rooted in hundreds of years.
Richard Rosenfeld, Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, emphasized that inflation is the main driver behind the rise in crime, not the unemployment rate or low wages, while experts in the field of economics pointed out that inflation leads to a decrease in purchasing power and a rise in the cost of living, and thus an increase in the crime rate due to the individual's inability to maintain a reasonable standard of living.
After more than two years in which the American economy witnessed a major recession due to the Corona pandemic, Biden’s escalatory policies in Ukraine and the sanctions he imposed on Russia came to cast a heavy shadow on him, with the inflation rate rising last February to levels unprecedented in 40 years and the increase in gasoline and food prices.
Basma Kanon
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