This thread seems to equivocate between arresting people for a crime and that thing being considered a crime. Obviously, changes in laws can either influence pu

This thread seems to equivocate between arresting people for a crime and that thing being considered a crime. Obviously, changes in laws can either influence public opinion, be a sign of changing public opinion, or both, but the correlation is hardly one-to-one. Very few people consider it okay to cheat on a spouse[0] despite it not being criminalized. Reading articles about the surge, I'm seeing statements from police and company spokespeople but not hard numbers. Larceny as a whole appears to be down from one source [1], but up according to another [2]. [0]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/1681/moral-issues.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1681/moral-issues.aspx [1]: https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/San-Francisco-s-crime-rates-shifted-16071268.php#photo-20818085 https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/San-Francisco-s-cr... [2]: https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1404852026882752516 https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/14048520268827525...