One of the connections we see with poverty and crime is the simple act of one committing crimes to meet their basic human needs. There is strong debate over whether there is always a better option for the poor than committing crime versus the increasing divide between the rich and the poor in this country. Consider the following statistic. The top 1% of wealthiest people in the world control 85% of the worlds wealth. The bottom 90% of the world's population only holds 15% of the world's wealth. Does this suggest that crime is justified by the bottom 90% of the people