Because successful criminals are both more likely to become rich and to not get caught. There’s also the likelihood that both poverty and (street) criminality

Because successful criminals are both more likely to become rich and to not get caught. There’s also the likelihood that both poverty and (street) criminality are caused by a propensity for poor decision making, high time preference, or most likely some kind of cluster of personality and behavioral patterns. Anyhow we have absolutely tons of solid data on this now due to Raj Chetty’s superlative work. Naturally he presents his findings in a way that keeps the midwits at Wapo and NYT from accurately presenting them. That this coincidentally keeps him from getting cancelled is no surprise.