Where have all the burglars gone?
- ️Sat Jul 20 2013
The rich world is seeing less and less crime, even in the face of high unemployment and economic stagnation
THE Old Town in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, does not look like a den of thieves. On a summer afternoon, herds of elderly tourists—American, Japanese, British—wander between the gift shops and sip lagers at pavement cafés beneath the gothic town hall. In a park, teenagers chat and smoke cigarettes in the sun.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Where have all the burglars gone?”
From the July 20th 2013 edition
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