Want to Fight Crime? Address Economic Inequality

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Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- About noon on Christmas Day inLondon, I became the victim of a crime. Somebody smashed in therear window of our family car; nothing serious, fortunately.

Nonetheless, it led me to the inevitable questions: Who didit and why? Was this an impersonal act driven purely by coldcalculation? Or did the perpetrator harbor malice or resentment?