1. In your opinion is there a connection between poverty and crime? What makes a criminal? Why do you think some people develop criminal behavior and others do not?
...likely won’t go on to college and get efficient jobs that will support them. They will probably end up working at a job that will never help them reach their full potential. Receiving an education will help children to obtain the skills they need later in life. Impoverished children express themselves in various ways using senseless acts of violence and crime to make a statement. These actions are probably the result of abuse from parents or watching violent television shows. If they go to school, they will learn the values of right and wrong, and make better choices for their future. I believe that a solid basis of education would prepare children for their responsibilities as the next generation of leaders, parents, educators, and businesspeople in the United States. Drug and alcohol abuse add to the crime rate in cities. In substandard cities, homeless people and crime can be expected. Drug and alcohol abusers are found, most of the time, in poverty. They most likely cannot find sufficient jobs to maintain a secure home and life. As a result, they may turn to drugs and alcohol to resolve their problems, although it will undoubtedly make it worse. Even with what little money they have, they spend it on mind-altering drugs that might persuade them to do something they normally wouldn’t do. When money runs low, they may commit crimes to get the drug that they are probably addicted to. For example, one possibility might be for them to rob a liquor store for cash or alcohol because they don’t have any money. Some of them may be aware of their situation, but it is difficult for them to take action because of addiction. They want a certain drug, however they don’t have money, which forces them to carry out a crime in order to get it. The central theme is that the extreme concentration of disadvantage in some neighborhoods creates a distinctly different social-structural environment. In particular, extremely disadvantaged neighborhoods are characterized by a high degree of social isolation from mainstream society. As such, residents have less access to jobs and less exposure to conventional role mode...