On 5/10/2014 6:24 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Not really my conversation, but I thought it was also mentioned that
diversity plays a factor. Holland is probably more homogeneous in
terms of population make up, and probably has a higher per capita
income than the places in the US where there is more gun violence.
>
"In ethnically diverse communities people seem to 'hunker down', meaning
that they withdraw from public social life. Subsequently, a range of
studies has shown negative effects of ethnic diversity on different
measures of social cohesion."
Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion:
http://www.migrationeducation.org/47.1.html?&rid=201&cHash=7975c211a0c28156e87f9af2a89b0c29
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