Reasons why crime inequalities exist

• Poverty and unemployment


  Can often lead to crime
• Areas and ghettos with high poverty have high crime rates
• Since more ethnic minorities live in these places, they are more likely to be involved with crime
• Equal before the law


  Everyone is entitled to a fair trial in the USA
• Many Americans would argue that they do not have equal access to a fair trial due to the cost of lawyers
• There are regional inequalities in the USA - 28 out of 50 states have the death penalty
• Texas has executed more people than any other state

  • Texas has executed 569 people since 1976
  • The next highest is Virginia at 113