Healthcare professionals demanded we drastically reduce the jail population, so we listened. On Jan 21, the SF jail population was 1,238. On March 4, when the emergency was declared, it was 1,097. Yesterday, it was 766. Meanwhile, crime rates continue to decrease in SF.
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But also total arrests with any identifiable victim is no more than 3-4million, again out of an annual 12million arrests. Most are victimless misdemeanors (disorderly conduct, vandalism, drugs, loitering, DUI, etc)
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Minor quibble, I wouldn't call DUI victimless. Everyone they endanger with DUI is a victim.
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I think that's basically right. Crime is a product of human interaction and amt of enforcement. Crime rates don't really measure amt of individual "wolf-like" deviance (a villainous "wolf" could burglarize an occupied home), so much as police presence and interpersonal conflict.
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