What causes crime ? Does poverty cause crime ? Or does crime cause poverty ? Some feel that poverty causes crimes. Others though , feel that crime rates have nothing to do with poverty and that crime may actually cause poverty.
If poverty causes crimes than why are crime rates lower in poor third world countries than in wealthy super powers ? Robert Rector feels that it is not poverty that causes crime but the anti-poverty programs that cause crime. He feels that the UNITED STATES has created its own crime problem, because the U.S. pays people not to work or be married through the welfare program.
In a sense, people are being rewarded for doing nothing. The welfare program causes crime because it creates an unhealthy environment for children;it teaches them that you do not have to work hard in life to be rewarded.
The welfare program only provides enough for a family to barely get by so people get "greedy" and don't want to have to work so they turn to crime so they can be better off. It spoils people in a way because after you have been on welfare for a while you begin to develop a "why should I work if I don't have to " attitude!
