A study done my McClatchy Newspapers found that the percentage of poor Americans who are living in extreme poverty has reached a 32-year high. Nearly 16 million Americans live in "deep or severe poverty."The connection between poverty and crime has been an ongoing debate for many years. Many scholars argue that the poverty rate has nothing to do with crime rate because of all the extremely poor countries that have relatively low crime rates. I, however, believe that it is hard to deny the connection between poverty and crime in our country. An overwhelming 53% of prisoners earned less than $10,000 per year before incarceration.
Sociologists and criminal justice scholars have found a direct correlation. One theory assumes that the consequences of a crime are weighed. Sometimes the outcome could be better than not committing the crime.. at least in their eyes. This theory proves that people in poverty are more likely to commit crimes such as burglary, larceny, or theft.
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