People who neglect their kids end up with kids that eat paint off the walls.
Like, you really have to be negligent for a child in your care to eat paint continuously. Enough to elevate the level of lead in their blood.
So there is likely a lot going on in any household where babies/toddlers/school aged kids eat paint.
But I agree white academia was trying to find an “environmental” reason for crime because let’s face it elections are won/loss based on crime.