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Arrests for Low-Level Crimes Are Plummeting, and the Experts Are Flummoxed
- Bostonian 7y agoThere was a recent thread here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21153933 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21153933 about a decline in quality of life in San Francisco due to less policing.
- geophile 7y agoCouldn't read it, firewalled. But could it be that things that used to be stolen -- record players, CD players, speakers, receivers, cameras, TVs, watches -- that those things are obsoleted by smartphones? And that the would-be thieves already own those?
- onion2k 7y agoPeople carry far less cash now. It's trivial to block a credit card. It's really hard to steal a modern car unless you're very dedicated. Mobile devices can be bricked by the owner fairly easily, and the fact smart phones are basically ubiquitous means you won't make much from a stolen one. Maybe there's just less low-level crime because it's not worth doing it any more.