Crime isn't very glamorous. Maybe some day you can have a case involving one of the Bass brothers slugging a waitress at the Worthington over bad wine. A more accurate statement would be that crime is primarily committed by the poor. In my opinion, those three rules to avoiding poverty are equally applicable to avoiding a criminal record. As stated above, those two oftentimes go hand in hand.
Poverty leads to desperation and desperation can lead to crime.
In this day and time, even a DWI can cost an individual his job. However, that's not much of a deterrent to those that are unemployed. If possible, go to college. Those degrees, however, will make you employable . And if you have a job, chances are you will never have to deal with bail bondsmen, defense lawyers, prosecutors, probation officers, or a judge.