Comments on: How murder fell out of fashion with the rich

By: Lorinne

Lorinne — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:57:00 +0000

I don’t think the rich get drunk less, but they may have a greater belief in their own ability to hurt others without actually touching anyone. It may not only be a case of the rich feeling that they can call on the law, or circumvent it if necessary. They may also believe they don’t need to physically engage in order to harm.
Lower economic status can be associated with the need to physically and personally deal out the hurt or the “justice”. I mean, really, there just aren’t enough rich people out there to make Chuck Norris THAT popular.

By: Steve Clay

Steve Clay — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:28:27 +0000

I wonder if this swing coincided with the prevalence of drug/alcohol prohibitions. I wonder also if richer people get drunk less in the close proximity of others.

By: rita

rita — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:50:58 +0000

And see the contrasting meditations of McHeath and Peachum in “The Threepenny Novel” (Bertolt Brecht)
McHeath -”Brute force is out of date – Why send out murderers when one can employ bailiffs?”
Peachum – “Admittedly, murder is a last resort, the very last – but it is still useful”.

By: Kahn989

Kahn989 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:01:43 +0000

I’m interested in hearing the research’s refutation of the (mis)perception that being wealthy affords the rich the ability to hide, litigate, or create deception that leads to murder cases being swept under the rug from public view (even perhaps the public view of determined investigation).
I might be implying a certain cliche, but it is the one immediate reaction I get when reading this abstract.