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Experts question whether illegal homeless camps generate more crime

05:47

January 25, 2022

Martin Kaste, NPR

Many cities have shifted to tolerating illegal homeless camps. The policy is meant to be more humane, but police and neighbors fear the camps generate more crime. Criminologists aren't so sure.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

This segment aired on January 25, 2022.