Writers who state that there is only one reason for an occurrence, while ignoring the possibility of the existence of others, commit the only reason fallacy.
Poverty causes crime is an example of oversimplifying the cause that generates an effect.
Poverty alone cannot be the sole cause of crime. The homeless and the poor commit smaller, individual crimes, but the real problem occurs where people already have lots of money. No complex phenomenon can be reduced to one single simple cause. There must be other explanations, other reasons to explain an event caused by so many influences. Television and films have great influence on people s consciences, but the Vice President singled out this one show as the representative example for moral decay.