This page is devoted to presenting the latest data on the growing inequality in American society. It is without a doubt a major cause of crime and should be considered when considering solutions.
Some eye-opening charts to examine: By the Numbers
Links:
In the following link you will find important data and articles: http://www.demos.org/inequality/.
Other links:
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/strat.html
http://www.faireconomy.org/research/Economic_Apartheid_Data.html#p18
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~vburris/whorules/
http://www.changetowin.org/features/the-american-dream-survey.html
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/
News Stories
As income gap widens, recession fears grow
Children and Poverty - a series of recent articles
Inequality can be seen in the court system. See the following story about the public defender's office in Las Vegas: Reasonable doubt
Whatever Happened to the Good Life?
US Falls to No 15 in Average Worker Income