Individuals commit crime when the benefits exceed the costs.
In primary school that is what society teaches. Yet today we have more prisons than ever, overflowing with inmates such that we think the only solution to crime is to build more prisons. I think we need to take a step back and analyze the situation. I ask these questions of crimes related to property, specifically burglaries, robberies, and property crime. I argue that while systemic, property crimes are also endemic of society and there is often a socio-economic factor involved.