You mention "lost opportunity" but crime is about "bad personal decisions" and those decisions come from a person's character.
There are far more people living in the worst poverty one can imagine that do not end up committing crimes.
I have known people who have everything they need and all opportunity available to them who still commit crime. Just look at Bernie Madoff. While he didn't physically kill anyone, he did much worse. His was a failure of character.
No amount of money is going to give someone the character to make good decisions.
You mention "lost opportunity" but crime is about "bad personal decisions" and those decisions come from a person's character.
There are far more people living in the worst poverty one can imagine that do not end up committing crimes.
I have known people who have everything they need and all opportunity available to them who still commit crime. Just look at Bernie Madoff. While he didn't physically kill anyone, he did much worse. His was a failure of character.
No amount of money is going to give someone the character to make good decisions.