POVERTY: THE MAIN SOURCE OF THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND DISEASES

Every society has its own ideals which lead the society to progress and more progress. Disorganization of society means the violation of this social ideal, consciously by the members of the society. Social pathology is a study of social disorganization or maladjustment. There is an intimate relation between individual and society. This relation becomes otherwise, if society becomes infested with evils. When a person loses sight of the common good or the good of the society, he becomes the source of social problem. He becomes selfish. Self-interest or self-aggrandisement at the cost of others becomes the be all and end all in his life. But in reality, the interest of the society and the interest of the individual are not antagonistic but correlative. Social development and progress consists in the progress consists in the progress of the individual in moral and social life. Poverty is one of the delinquent behaviour. Poverty in the home plays a significant role in producing a delinquent. But poverty is not a sole factor; it is a contributory factor no doubt. It is to be noted that if the majority of the delinquents are needy, the majority of the needy do not become delinquents. Poverty can only engender crime by its ultimate action, through ways more often circuitous than plain, upon the inner mental life of the potential offender.