But now the hot topic for discussion is whether poverty fosters crime or not. But in order to answer this question, we need to understand the relation between poverty and crime. We need to be aware of the facts from the positive and the negative sides; as they have always been the sides of the same coin. In our case; the sides are whether poverty fosters crime or not. A grim reality and to answer all these questions; we need to wade in deeper into this muck.