Middle class people don't need to steal copper because other forms of theft are available to them. I'm not saying "most drug addicts steal". I'm saying "a smal

Middle class people don't need to steal copper because other forms of theft are available to them. I'm not saying "most drug addicts steal". I'm saying "a small number of addicts can create huge amounts of crime". When we look at acquisitive crime we see an over-representation of people with addiction - to substances or gambling - who are stealing money to feed their addiction. For some people that's theft of copper, for others it's defrauding the company they work for. This is a problem that many systems find hard to fix, especially with current drug laws. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cbm.339 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cbm.339