Non-Coercive Crime Prevention Strategies

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the development of non-coercive crime prevention and crime control strategies. We can spend money on the latest unproven technological innovation in our search for an effective crime prevention and/ or crime control strategy, but it is worth considering whether similar – or greater – crime prevention/control effects can be realized by using this money on proven strategies to improve education systems, create job training programs, improve housing, relocate families living in high crime areas, reduce poverty, or hire more police to walk, talk, and problem solve in these “at risk” communities.
A second related issue is whether our fascination with the new technology of offender control will result in the continued development and expansion of

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