"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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From what I've picked up in reading over the years, theft is a baby
that has many fathers. Poverty is certainly one causal factor.

And a criminal mindset is more a massive factor in CAUSING poverty.

As one person wrote.

"It's said that criminals behave as they do
because of their lack of economic opportunities.
It's more that they have no economic
opportunities BECAUSE they are criminals."