Not really. Criminals and non-criminals are distinct castes. Simple proof: during the last financial crisis in 2008-2009, millions of people went broke with no

Not really. Criminals and non-criminals are distinct castes. Simple proof: during the last financial crisis in 2008-2009, millions of people went broke with no prospect of employment, many found themselves in desperate situations with their houses foreclosed and their spouses leaving. With your logic, that kind of invited them into crime. Yet, there weren't an increase in crime rates, crime continued to slowly decline as the generation of people who breathed lead vapors as kids in 1970s kept ageing. Being criminal is a mental issue, not a social condition.