Poverty Foster Crime Essay

Poverty Fosters Crime..Yes or No?

Can you believe that 60% of rural children in the United States are living in poverty? Poverty is one out of many problems that America faces today. So, where does this all start? It starts with education. Education plays a huge role in this problem because most of America is not fully educated. They cannot get jobs to support their families, like farming and such. So, what about the families in poverty that live in metropolitan areas? They are faced with more problems than people in rural communities. They turn to crime because it is the only way they can provide for their household and family. By examining the causes, rural crimes and statistics of poverty, crime does foster poverty.

There are many causes of poverty, starting with corruption. Corruption is a deceptive conduct by those in power who try to keep those who are in poverty trapped within their situations. When people think of corruption, they think of politics and rich leaders. Leaders from wealthy countries tell those who are already in poverty about loans and aid that they can offer. The less fortunate, not very aware of what they put themselves in are building a deeper hole with debt. The leaders from those wealthy countries are making more money also by taxing the less fortunate and receiving the money that they loaned to them. Those who are already poor try hard to provide for their families with the money they make from their jobs. Many of them lack education so it is hard to have well-paying jobs. “Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Why is this? Is it enough to blame poor people for their own predicament?” (“Causes of Poverty” 5) Therefore, corruption is one cause of poverty.

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...cts on teens in the rural area. The National Center on Addiction and Substance abuse says that it is nearly impossible to find a teen who uses/used marijuana that did not start on alcohol or cigarettes. Smoking, drinking and the use of marijuana are the most common issues of substance within the poor and rural teens. A 2004 study stated that those who have low income are expected to use cigarettes. The rural youth are at a greater risk to use substances like these because easy money is promised. They see the opportunity to make fast money so that they will be able to provide for their families. Drugs and alcohol to those in poverty look like solutions to get out of poverty and raises statistics.