Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father

Extreme poverty is the root cause of extreme crime.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit.

As our system becomes less stable because we must now begin to understand that Crime, Disease, Poverty and Malnutrition are but natural components parts of our per-technological social structure.