I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit … - Peter Moskos

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Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

Peter Moskos

I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor, but certainly a lot of people who are poor commit crime and they might not if they weren't poor. You understand the difference there? That's not news, but it comes up when I hear people say poverty doesn't affect crime - that crime is still going down in America even though the economy is bad.

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