Subject: Re: She Had No Face
Dope1: What you're dealing with now are street junkies who live in tents who need to score a drug fix RIGHT NOW. That means they don't follow "the rules" of burglaries.


This was debunked in studies in another thread a couple of days ago: https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid...

The intersection of substance use, homelessness and theft might cause people to blame large encampments for Vancouver's increased property crime. Research in Seattle, however, suggests there's no correlation between camp size and reported property crime.

Plus, the homeless are more likely to be victims of crime than commit crimes: https://www.columbian.com/news...

In fact, people who are homeless are no more likely to commit violent crime than housed people, according to the state Department of Commerce. Homeless populations, especially women, teens and children, are actually more likely to be victims of violent crime, the department states.