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Less Law, More Order - The Truth about Reducing Crime (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Less Law, More Order - The Truth about Reducing Crime (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Each year 24 million Americans are victims of crime. U.S. taxpayers
spend more and more each year on police, prisons and judges--a
record $200 billion at last count. They incarcerate more and more
persons each year--two million plus. Yet prestigious commissions
show not only that this standard way of responding to crime is
ineffective but that there is scientific proof that many projects
that tackle risk factors that cause crime are effective. Rather
than sending more people to jail or hiring more and more police,
the author, and the research, shows that addressing problems in the
community does more to prevent crime. This timely book illustrates
in convincing detail what needs to be done to prevent crime and
keep people out of prison. Here, Waller shows that hiring public
health nurses and investing in helping youth at risk to complete
school and get job training is better than hiring more police;
preventing family violence, banning hand guns and dealing with
drugs through public health saves more lives than incarceration;
getting close neighbors to watch out for us and better industrial
design are more effective than criminal courts; smarter policing is
better than more police; paying for services to support victims and
guaranteeing them rights is better than more rhetoric. Addressing
the social issues that lead to crime, rather than addressing crime
after it happens, or putting stiffer penalties in place, will
contribute to creating a safer society and to keeping kids and
adults from taking the wrong path toward a life of crime.
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