Question

"if you believe that poverty causes high rates of crime, the high crime rates can be used to justify discrimination against those who live in poverty. this best illustrates"

Answer 1

social inequality. In the described scenario it would be justified to allocate resources unequally due to discrimination, creating a social inequality. Unfortunately, such behavior would only cause the gap between poor and rich to widen resulting in more crime and more judgement, keeping social inequality unresolved.