Crime in big U.S. cities may be worsened by inflation, researchers find

NEW YORK, April 21 (Xinhua) -- With inflation hitting a 40-year high in the United States, criminologists from the University of Missouri-St. Louis are now finding a link to some higher crime rates in major U.S. cities, Fox News reported on Tuesday.

Their research showed that inflation has driven up so-called "acquisitive crime," a type of crime done for financial gain, for example, robbery, burglary and theft.