The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
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