He claims a correlation between the high crime rate , drunkenness , and reckless behaviour of the poor and their lack of a proper home .
Riis describes the system of tenement housing that had failed , as he claims , because of greed and neglect from wealthier people .
Riis claims a correlation between the high crime rate , drunkenness , and reckless behaviour of the poor and their lack of a proper home .
Riis describes the system of tenement housing that had failed , as he claims , because of greed and neglect from wealthier people .