The New Generation???

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Damn kids too lazy to even pick pocket now-a-days.....

The lost art of pickpocketing: Why has the crime become so rare in the United States? - By Joe Keohane - Slate Magazine


But even if Fagins abounded in the United States, it's unclear whether today's shrinking pool of criminally minded American kids would be willing to put in the time to properly develop the skill. "Pickpocketing is a subtle theft," says Jay Albenese, a criminologist at Virginia Commonwealth University. "It requires a certain amount of skill, finesse, cleverness, and planning, and the patience to do all that isn't there" among American young people. This is "a reflection of what's going on in the wider culture," Albenese says.