A Flawed System For quite some time, when it comes to public safety, we have accredited success to the number of individuals put behind bars. Such a procedure has not by definition made our communities safer. It has, undoubtedly, ignited a detonation in both the prison population and its corresponding costs. Research demonstrates that for … read more
Article Category: Crime Prevention
When most people think about 'crime prevention', they focus on security -- hardening of targets, avoiding risk, reducing the opportunities to commit crimes, and so on -- the traditional and instinctive means to protect against harm.
While security is important, more and more evidence points to 'nudging' behavioral changes, making doing the right thing more desirable, reducing the incentives to commit crime, and increasing community engagement as better and more effective starting points.
We explore both creative new methods of crime prevention, as well as what's working and what isn't both by the numbers and by anecdotal evidence.
