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Feb 15, 2016 · 1) Stricter alcohol policies. Alcohol has been linked to violence. According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol is a factor in 40 percent of violent crimes. And a...
- There are many effective approaches to reducing violence that don’t involve police. Investments in housing, health care, jobs programs, education, after school programs, gun control, environmental design, and violence interruption programs have all been proven to quantifiably reduce violence.
- Policing is not especially effective at reducing violence. Police typically deal with violence only after someone has already been killed, injured, or otherwise harmed.
- Investing so heavily in policing is not evidence-based. The uniquely American dependence on police as first responders to every social problem is the product of decades of reliance on antiquated and disproven theories about safety, the fearmongering of powerful police lobbyists, and policymakers’ racist support for devastatingly harmful militarized policing in communities of color.
- There is no connection between violence and police budgets. America has steadily increased police funding year-over-year regardless of whether crime rates are going up or down.
- Help Victims of Crime. There is far too little support for victims of crime, even though it is the most obvious place to start. Prior victimization — of a person or a place — is the top predictor of future victimization.
- Reduce Demand for Law Enforcement. A central reason why law enforcement does not prevent more crime or solve more crimes is that they are too busy doing things that accomplish neither objective.
- Fixing Distressed Spaces. There is a wide body of evidence that shows that places poison people more routinely than people poison places. Crime does not result from “areas” of the “inner city” being high risk, but rather from a few very small, very bad places.
- Making Crime Attractors Less Appealing. Certain places attract and generate crime — schools, the built environment and bars being at the top of the list.
Jun 15, 2022 · Community-Based Violence Interventions: Proven Strategies To Reduce Violent Crime. Leaders around the nation should prioritize community-based violence intervention programs to...
- Solve more violent crimes to increase accountability and deter future violence. Why: The number of violent crimes solved by law enforcement continues to decline.
- Make data-driven investments in violence prevention. Why: Roughly half of violent crimes are never reported to law enforcement. Prevention offers the highest return on investment, but those returns take time to come to fruition.4 That’s why it’s critical that states develop and regularly invest in a wide range of prevention programs that have been proven to effectively reduce violence.
- Address trauma to prevent trauma. Why: Trauma is a cycle. It shapes peoples’ responses and can perpetuate offending and victimization.6 Ensuring that individuals experiencing trauma are connected to relevant support and resources is critical to breaking the cycles of violence.
- Commit to a statewide recidivism-reduction goal. Why: While nationally, recidivism rates are declining, 70 percent of people released from prison are still re-arrested within 5 years.8 Across the country, states lack sufficient reentry services and supports to help people successfully and sustainably reintegrate back into their communities.
Nov 16, 2021 · Looking outside the criminal legal system for answers. The intersection between place and violence is long-standing and persistent— even amid yearly fluctuations in crime rates —and our...
Sep 27, 2021 · September 27, 2021. Darren Hauck/Getty. End Mass Incarceration. Cutting Jail & Prison Populations. View the entire Punitive Excess series. This essay is part of the Brennan Center’s series examining the punitive excess that has come to define America’s criminal legal system.
