will propose rehabilitation through education, deterrence, drug management, policing, employment and prevention as aspects of crime management to gain control, organise and manage crime affectively. To address the effectiveness of crime management, statistics, mapping and reporting is essential for evaluation and for an accurate measurement of crime reduction.
The essay concludes that
The relationship between poverty and crime is well established, if a government is to manage crime then often the highest crime areas will face an issue with poverty. Poverty and crime when combined create a viscous circle, poverty will leave a person with limited options but to take part in criminal activities or join the 1.77 million unemployed currently looking …show more content…
Altindag, D. (2012) concludes that the UK would face 25000 - 30000 additional burglaries and vehicle thefts (income generating crime) per year for a one percent increase in unemployment. For every 1% increase in unemployment, crime increases by 2%. However Aaltonen, M. Macdonald, J. Martikainen, P. Kivivuori, J. (2013) state that it is not clear whether unemployment causes crime or whether both are evidence of underlying character flaws in the people most likely to become unemployed and criminally active, will employment therefore potentially save a carrier criminal? There is a definite link between increasing crime rates and unemployment, but due to job seekers allowance and benefits, individuals may not commit a crime upon becoming unemployed. If help was not available or allowance time specific to finding work with a shortage of jobs available, it is reasonable to assume an individual may resort to crime to produce an …show more content…
Government services (2014) reports on average the more time you spend in school the less likely you are to commit a crime, but are children in poverty areas attending school? If we sent parents to prison for minor offences it deprives their children of parental support and social values. Being tough on crime has produced on average second offenses, Spelman, W. (2013) argues that when in prison, prisoners will only learn from other criminals to become bigger criminals. If education policies are introduced in prisons with recognised results to give prisoners better prospects on their release, this will help the newly released gain employment resulting in a steady income, moving them out of poverty and as a result the absence for the need to commit crime. But this could be argued why do criminals get free education and law abiding citizens have to pay? With a criminal record if is even harder to get a job and if unsuccessful what is there to do but return to the life you
The essay concludes that
The relationship between poverty and crime is well established, if a government is to manage crime then often the highest crime areas will face an issue with poverty. Poverty and crime when combined create a viscous circle, poverty will leave a person with limited options but to take part in criminal activities or join the 1.77 million unemployed currently looking …show more content…
Altindag, D. (2012) concludes that the UK would face 25000 - 30000 additional burglaries and vehicle thefts (income generating crime) per year for a one percent increase in unemployment. For every 1% increase in unemployment, crime increases by 2%. However Aaltonen, M. Macdonald, J. Martikainen, P. Kivivuori, J. (2013) state that it is not clear whether unemployment causes crime or whether both are evidence of underlying character flaws in the people most likely to become unemployed and criminally active, will employment therefore potentially save a carrier criminal? There is a definite link between increasing crime rates and unemployment, but due to job seekers allowance and benefits, individuals may not commit a crime upon becoming unemployed. If help was not available or allowance time specific to finding work with a shortage of jobs available, it is reasonable to assume an individual may resort to crime to produce an …show more content…
Government services (2014) reports on average the more time you spend in school the less likely you are to commit a crime, but are children in poverty areas attending school? If we sent parents to prison for minor offences it deprives their children of parental support and social values. Being tough on crime has produced on average second offenses, Spelman, W. (2013) argues that when in prison, prisoners will only learn from other criminals to become bigger criminals. If education policies are introduced in prisons with recognised results to give prisoners better prospects on their release, this will help the newly released gain employment resulting in a steady income, moving them out of poverty and as a result the absence for the need to commit crime. But this could be argued why do criminals get free education and law abiding citizens have to pay? With a criminal record if is even harder to get a job and if unsuccessful what is there to do but return to the life you