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How China put Britain’s Burglars out of Business

The influx of cheap electronics from China meant that the luxury goods of the 90’s became the ordinary household items of the Noughties. The £19 dvd player suddenly made burglary economically unviable. However, as criminologist James Treadwell explains, this reduction in one type of crime created a rise in other offences.

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