Crime prevention

Reducing harm and understanding what helps communities stay safe.

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Principles

Judge crime prevention by reductions in victimization and harm, not activity counts alone.
Check displacement, reporting changes, costs, and unintended effects before claiming success.

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Why can fewer recorded incidents fail to prove less crime?

Recorded totals can never be misleading.

Reporting changes or displacement may explain the recorded reduction.

Activity counts always measure victimization directly.

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