Recession 'boosted murder rates'

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The recession of the early 1980s triggered the rising murder rates of the past 25 years, a new report claims.

The Crime and Society Foundation study analysed the social backgrounds of the 13,140 murdered between 1981 and 2000.

Professor Danny Dorling found a link between rising murder rates and the number of young men leaving school at a time of mass unemployment.

Feelings of hopelessness and a lack of opportunity "bred fear, violence and murder," Prof Dorling concluded.

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