"Trent Moorehead" wrote in message
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You are correct that the world isn't simple and you have to examine
mitigating circumstances when making a judgement. The point I was trying
to
make is this: to say that poverty causes crime is a huge insult to poor
people who don't commit crimes.

IMHO, scandals like those regarding Enron, Worldcom, and the Iraq War are
proof enough that you don't need to be poor to be a criminal.

But to suggest that there's NO statistical correlation between poverty and
crime, and *especially* between poverty and property crimes (like theft), is
just plain incorrect.

Perhaps saying it out loud is an insult to the poor people who don't commit
crimes. But that's a matter for the PC police, not people who are
interested in factual statements.

Pete