"Americans are struggling" said criminologist James Alan Fox in the article entitled Some link economy with crime wave; as if we didn't already know this. However, what we don't usually connect are the mass killings which continue to take place and the continuous fall of our economy. The question is should we link the two? If so, is there anything we can do to prevent this death rate when we, individually, don't necessarily control the economy?
After reading this article it really left me thinking about all of the murders, homicides, shootings and deaths that have been taking place. The article stated an undeniable fact that in the past month 57 people have died due to these killings. I've read about the killings, even seen them on the news, but I suppose I simply never took the time to connect the deaths to anything in particular. Now that it has been brought to my attention however, it seems quite plausible that Americans are taking their lives due to this economic drought we find ourselves in.
The scariest part is that this many Americans have died in a month time span, what will it look like as we continue to weather this issue?
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