While Haines argues against the NIMBY Effect directed at the residents of a halfway house, Corso and Ward work to determine the link between a stolen wallet and some recent neighborhood burglaries.
Haines assigns Corso and Ward to investigate a series of burglaries that have occurred in a section of the city that's home to both known youth offenders as well as a recently established halfway house.
Detectives Corso and Ward investigate the murder of a woman who was strangled in her apartment. A peeping Tom who resides in an adjacent building is their prime suspect.