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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
No it isn't. The funding crime protection at the expense of an effective police force is pie in the sky. Criminals don't recognise do-goodism.
What's happened to you, Kush?
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Originally Posted by Carth
Reallocate funds where and in what way?
Will it be TV adverts saying that 'crime doesn't pay'?
Printing and delivering leaflets to the 'poorer' areas, stating that jobs are out there if you look hard enough?
A few hundred more 'drop in centers' where people tell you drugs are no good for society?
How about 'social awareness personnel' visiting schools and passing the message on that doing homework leads to a better life than stealing cars?
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How about
this paper from 1998:
Or this one from 2002:
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...e_a_difference
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Our analyses suggest that COPS hiring and innovative grant programs have resulted in significant reductions in local crime rates in cities with populations greater than 10,000 for both violent and nonviolent offenses. Multivariate analysis shows that in cities with populations greater than 10,000, an increase in one dollar of hiring grant funding per resident contributed to a corresponding decline of 5.26 violent crimes and 21.63 property crimes per 100,000 residents.
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The research is out there and it's plentiful. Preventative measures save more money than just throwing more police at it.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
What's happened to you, Kush?
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I never lost my compassion for my fellow man. What happened to you?