This is according to the police.
As more people lose their jobs and savings to the swooning economy, police officers across the state are grappling with sharp rises in burglaries, larcenies, and car break-ins, which many of them believe are tied to the financial gloom.Read more.
Consumer desperation, anger, and frustration might also be the root cause of several other trends, police say: an increase in domestic violence, a proliferation of scams, and a greater willingness to buy wares such as iPods and GPS devices from pawn shops instead of retail stores - a choice that helps drive the underground economy.
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