A recent article on Yahoo reports that United States Crime rates are down even though our economy is in a recession. Experts typically relate a downturn in the economy to a increase in crime rates. Apparently, the experts are wrong in this case.
A bad economy means higher unemployment rates, higher foreclosure rates, fewer people owning homes, more people in debt, etc. You would think that if more people were jobless, homeless, and have less money that they would have a higher tendancy to commit a crime. Not so (or not yet).
Experts are not quite sure why the US crime rates are down but a possible reason is that with many people out of a job means that these people are at home so burglars don't have a chance to commit a property crime if the owners are always home. Another idea is that with all of the stimulous packages there is no need to steal or commit a crime.
Anyway you look at it the numbers don't lie. Crime rates are down - which is a good thing. But it is always a good idea to have a home security system for extra family protection just in case our good fortune changes.
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