Does poverty breed crime or does crime breed poverty?

I believe causation is stronger from poverty to crime. That is to say that, poverty breeds crime. Of course, there are other reasons too which makes a person commit crime but poverty is definitely one of them. Poverty affects crime at various levels. read more

So does poverty foster crime- well yes! another answer: I disagree with the first answer. While it is true that there has always been crime, poverty is only one factor. There are many poor people who do not commit any crimes nor break the law. read more

Poverty breeds crime I mean, if people werent living on the street and had more money then they wouldnt have to steal, and go to extreme measures to survive. read more