Most of the researches highlight on the point that under-privileged individuals are into small and serious crimes compared to wealthy income groups. I completely agree with the former view as lack of education and reduced lucrative positions make them commit to such crimes which will be explained in the forth coming paragraphs.
To begin with, having academic qualifications costs a fortune to under- privileged ones as right from Kindergarten to sophomore or graduation; the amount of fees accelerate while knowledge provided is half, to cite an example, a boy belonging from low races cannot afford exorbitant pays just to educate self rather will look out for short cuts like pick pocketing or shop lifting to provide two times a meal for his family. Overall, education system and educators make the learning a profitable business making it harder for lower castes to even gain basic knowledge.
Additionally, apart from education; the next cause that is prevalent is the vacancy for lucrative positions which is only accessible to those who carry better educational qualifications leaving no room for those who with lack of academics eventually resulting in committing petty crimes to satisfy the appetite, for an instance, a local vendor’s son with no academics will turn into a criminal and commit crimes like burglary to provide food on plate. The positions should be made equally open for all irrespective of having good academic background or not.
To conclude, most of the studies do point that lower socioeconomic individuals are involved into small and serious crimes compared to wealthy income groups which can be deduced with right education and couple of good opportunities given to change oneself.