I really hate this sort of hand-wavey explanation; pretending that all sorts of bad behavior is committed by Jean Valjeans who would be model citizens if only t

I really hate this sort of hand-wavey explanation; pretending that all sorts of bad behavior is committed by Jean Valjeans who would be model citizens if only they had a job. I can see that the increased stress would correlate to a small rise in domestic violence, but remember also that for the first half of thr lockdown, people in the lower income tiers were getting more in unemployment (due to the extra 600 / week bonus) than they had been getting from their actual jobs. I happen to know someone in that position who wasn't stressed, just bored.