In this cartoon, a gunned criminal is trying to mug a seemingly wealthy man. The caption says "You're too late." Noting the news headlines in the background, I realized that the cartoon is implying that because of the current economic crisis, he has no money for the criminal to steal. I thought this cartoon was interesting because previous articles I have posted have shown that many people expected crime rates to increase because of the bad economy. Not many people understand why it has decreased, more people are short on money so one would assume that more people would be attempting to steal money. This cartoon made me wonder, are crime rates down because nobody has any money to steal? I look forward to researching this further and posting more about what other people think.

How my project is going...

While researching my topic (violent crime and the economy) I came across a factor that I hadn't even considered when thinking about how the economy could be connected to crime. I read in a publication by a police department that as a result of the recession funding was cut for many police departments. One policeman said that the community suffers when they don't have the money they need to do their job adequately. I thought this was very interesting and wonder how it will tie into my finished project. I guess we'll see...