Intact families are key to lower crime: Study

By Breccan F. Thies

Published December 13, 2023 8:09pm ET

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Intact families are key to lower crime: Study — Neighborhoods are safer when two-parent households are predominant, according to a report from the Institute for Family Studies. While the primary theories on the causes of crime include “social structural factors” such as unemployment and poverty or the prevalence of law enforcement, the new study found the stability of “core social institutions” such as family, […]

Neighborhoods are safer when two-parent households are predominant, according to a report from the Institute for Family Studies.

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