Poverty causes crime. From the male point of view, it is hard no to get caught up in crime. Black men can get slapped with domestic and violent crime; society looks at us with lower standards. The majority of men that are locked up came from a background of poverty. They did not have their fathers. Many of their mothers had them at a young age. They did not have any positive, real male role …
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…killing. Society also shows that people without money and material wealth are basically nothing. They get no respect and they have no power to even try to change their situations. They are basically made to feel as though they are worthless and have nothing to live for. Once people feel that they are backed into a corner like that, they will usually do anything to get out. And usually that results in violence or crime.