all of the inputs that touch our lives - culture, parenting, wealth, poverty, education, etc. Counter to what
@B.B. Hemingway is claiming that I am stating that these inputs, like poverty, inherently cause some one to commit a crime, I've said these inputs do not inherently cause crime but can make it more difficult for persons to overcome the influence of criminal forces. Most people counter the negative affects of poverty with the positive affects of good parenting, good education, good family or community support system or a just strong will for self determination. Some do not. So, when children are raised in an environment in which we have poverty, one parent homes, poor schools - that create stronger negative environmental forces that make it more difficult, but not impossible, for that child to overcome. Sometimes govt programs can perpetuate
the problem and make the hole that much deeper to crawl out of - if generations become overly dependent on the govt at the expense of their own self determination. That is where the Great Society programs under LBJ when wrong in my opinion.