Crime doesn't pay as prices fall

CRIMINALS are on the lookout for different loot since globalisation brought prices of some household goods down.

Traditional household burglaries are less common now because cheaper electronic goods from China and the Far East has hugely reduced their re-sale value.

The findings have come as part of research into how crime has changed over time.

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James Treadwell, criminology lecturer at the University of Leicester, said: "The prices of such goods has fallen so low as to almost have no resale value. If you can buy a DVD player for 19.99, it's simply not worth stealing."

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