We have to ERADICATE POVERTY in order to eradicate crime?

Question

We have to ERADICATE POVERTY in order to eradicate crime?

Answer 1

Not true.  There are a good number of people who are very financially well off and still commit violent and white collar crimes.

Answer 2

I think often it is the rich how do the crime, and get away with it.And if they don t do the crime themselves they plan it and get someone ells to do it.

Answer 3

I'll tell you right now, there is a lot of crime in my neighborhood. I'm live in a low income place and I have to deal with fraud, robbery, and I have to carry a knife with me just to go to my garage! I've never heard of this life with the middle class. And don't blame the government; it's like this in many places and the common thing is for many to remain with their belief in their government. I hate democrats. They promise but never delivered!!!! I must believe that I can make it, without the government!!!! Forget the government. I want to succeed myself. NO HELP!!!!

Answer 4

Perhaps its a case of 'We have to eradicate greed in order to eradicate crime', although I get what you might be suggesting...poor people can resort to desperate measures in order to survive, but i do think it's more a case of greedy, selfish people with no concerns for other's who are involved in huge crime.

Have you given any thought to 'White Collar Crime'

White collar crime causes huge financial losses to federal, state and local governments and to individuals.

Embezzelment or fraud affect entire businesses.

A white collar criminal might technically steal all the savings of people who depend upon those savings in order to live. When the money cannot be recovered, the white collar criminal has caused more damage by his actions than the mugger. However, the mugger is likely to receive a stiffer sentence.

Answer 5

It will help a lot

But cannot guarantee that crime will disappear just because of that.

Actually many crimes are crimes of desperation.

Hunger is one form of desperation. We cannot reason with it.

s*x is another form of desperation. We cannot eliminate it mererly by eradicating poverty

Answer 6

Nope. Poor does not equal to crime. I know of honest poor people. They do not resort to any crime to live.

Answer 7

We have to ERADICATE HUMANS in order to eradicate crime.

Answer 8

perhaps!

Answer 9

Well if all poor people were criminal or all criminals were poor people that might work. Since they aren't I don't see how eradicating poverty would eradicate crime.

Answer 10

good luck with that. Call me when you achieve that goal which by my estimations should be sometime around January 3rd of the year 200NEVER

Answer 11

I would love to see your question like this: "We've to ERADICATE POVERTY in order to eradicate FEW crimes". Otherwise it would be insulting to the honest poor people. Mafias are not product of poverty, whereas they USE some POOR fellows showing them the greedy ways. So if we could provide those poor guys with their needs, they would not work for Mafias! Yet CRIMES done by Mafia would remain.