economic causes

• Causes of Economic Crime

  • Poverty
  • Greed
  • Unemployment
• Poverty


  Young people turn to crime to make ends meet and afford basics
• In Scotland, a man in the most deprived area is 32 times more likely to die in a knife attack than a man in the most affluent area
• Greed


  People turn to crime to acquire what they don't have
• In 2020, Aunt Jones and Edward Amey were convicted of the murder of disabled teenager Margret Flemming in 1999, the main motive was to claim her benefits
• Unemployment


  People become desperate for money or work, leading to committing poverty crime, falling into drug trades etc.
• In 2014, more than 20% of all benefit claimants had a criminal record