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- 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.
Feb 15, 2016 · The web page explores six nonpartisan strategies to make America safer, such as stricter alcohol policies, hot-spot policing, and focused deterrence. It cites research and experts to support each policy and explains how they can reduce crime and gun violence without targeting guns themselves.
- 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.
Jul 22, 2023 · New report suggests these best practices for reducing crime in America | PBS News Weekend. Jul 22, 2023 5:45 PM EDT. By — Ali Rogin. By — Andrew Corkery. By — Claire Mufson. Leave your...
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Jun 24, 2021 · What Can Be Done To Reverse The Trend? June 24, 20217:20 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ronald Wright, a criminal justice expert and law...
Feb 28, 2024 · Briefing Room. Statements and Releases. During the previous Administration, America saw the largest increase in murders ever recorded in 2020; Under the Biden-Harris Administration, there has been...
Jun 15, 2022 · Community-Based Violence Interventions: Proven Strategies To Reduce Violent Crime. Leaders around the nation should prioritize community-based violence intervention programs...
