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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 · 1) Stricter alcohol policies. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images. Alcohol has been linked to violence. According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol is a factor in 40 percent...
Jun 30, 2015 · Best bits Working in development. This article is more than 8 years old. 24 ways to reduce crime in the world’s most violent cities. Violent crime is deeply entrenched in some developing...
Jul 22, 2023 · New report suggests these best practices for reducing crime in America. Crime rates surged during the COVID-19 pandemic to highs not seen in decades. But now, crime trends appear to be...
- 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.
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 reduce...
May 7, 2013 · May 7, 2013. Recently, The Washington Post ’s Wonkblog published a list of research-backed strategies to combat crime. We at the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center propose five additional evidence-based strategies based on our own research: Use and expand drug courts.
