> One, there must be something unrelated to criminal justice administration that (a) is only occurring in San Francisco, and (b) is so criminogenic that crime s

> One, there must be something unrelated to criminal justice administration that (a) is only occurring in San Francisco, and (b) is so criminogenic that crime should actually be higher here, but our low incarceration rate is suppressing it. I honestly can’t think of what that would be, though. I'll answer it for the author: Inequality. If you have a city littered with billionaires while a large chunk of the population can't even afford a safe place to sleep, chances are you'll see some property crime. It's really not that hard to grasp. The whole article screams conservative outrage without any understanding of the matter at hand.