Does poverty really cause crime?

What I mean is, crime in its true form is when you intentionally do something. If you are starving then it is out of desperation and usually has no relation with the psychological profile of the criminal. However look at the US and the rich nations. We have drug, , pedo crimes on the rise with the US being the richest and having a grossly larger crime rate than any other developed nation in the world. So then could it be that actually wealth causes a criminal mindset rather than poverty? In rich nations there is no reason to be a criminal so you are doing it willingly! Perhaps then there needs to be more control over wealth than we have thought. Removal of the need to work often causes people to lose meaning in life and strive to be better herein lies the drugs etc... As it says, the Devil finds work for idle hands. Don't you agree? The rich US has a higher crime rate than China under Mao. Says something don't it? Incidentally the crime is in fact higher now that China is richer