Increasing minimum wage increases crime

Recent study shows increasing minimum wage is associated with increased crime, primarily through its effect on reducing jobs.
“ a $15 Federal minimum wage, proposed as part of the Raise the Wage Act, could generate approximately 309,000 additional larcenies. ”
Another study shows increasing minimum wages reduces the number of jobs.
“We find a robust negative relationship between minimum wages and employment.”
https://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jantonio/Papers/minwage_czones.pdf