Poverty the root cause of crime

Poverty is the root to crime

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overty is the state of one's lack of certain amount of materials, possessions or money , in other word being poor. A person who is in Poverty lacks certain amount of materials, possessions or money hence that person lacks basic human needs, not having enough to feed and clothe themselseves.

Poverty has many causes, some of them very basic. Some experts suggest that the world has too many people, too few jobs, and not enough food.The major causes of  include inadequate education , overpopulation, the unequal distribution of resources in the world economy, inability to meet high standards of living and costs of living,  and employment opportunities, environmental degradation, certain economic and demographic trends, and welfare incentives.  This there fore presents a lot of challenges to the ordinary citizens who are then left with minimal options to erk out a living , that could be the reason why they end up doing crime to survive.


According to News24 , Three quarters of 2000 adults from the major metropolitan areas of South Africa agreed that poverty was the main cause of crime. These people turn to crime because they think that crime is the only solution to poverty. (www.news24.com)


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The foundation to any stable long-term democracy is an educated, employed, and organized civil society with small differences between classes of society. Education has become a key driver of growth and development : knowledge is power. Countries with higher skill levels are better equipped to face new challenges and master technological discoveries. If more people value education they will have a much brighter future than if they did not go to school at all. School enhances the brain to be able to think wiser and to keep on developing the individual’s needs in terms of thinking of legal ways of making a living. There are so many opportunities for South Africans starting their own businesses. These businesses include the likes of crafting, recycling and selling at street corners. Our education system needs to be designed in such a way that our scholars are equiped with skills to sustain them selves even when they dont get employment.



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Most people who have not been fortunate enough to get an education find themselves having lesser opportunities of getting employed and end up getting exposed to wrong activities in the communities. They end up being involved in crime hence they have not acquired any sufficient skills due to the fact that they did not go to school.

The ability to obtain an income through gainful employment is a gaping hole in the fight against crime and of course, poverty. This can only be done through the Countries skills development programme and education increase.