There’s a whole gradient between total absence of hope and huge opportunity for committing a crime. Not all criminals are completely hopeless and not all situa

There’s a whole gradient between total absence of hope and huge opportunity for committing a crime. Not all criminals are completely hopeless and not all situations are lacking the opportunity to commit a crime. If you are operating within the context of high opportunity for crime then reducing that opportunity for yourself will just drive the crime away from you. It doesn’t matter how hopeless the criminals are.