Community: Our Best Crime Prevention Tool

So, we are in a situation where government policies and actions need to address the drivers of crime, and their explicit policies are creating a problem where crime will not reduce and may even increase.

What are we to do? 

The answer is quite simple. And that is Community. It is always the answer. We have immense power as a community to create change, but we have abdicated our responsibility for action to the government and its agencies. Let’s look at how we can take this power back.

Crime Prevention: Harsh Penalties Do They Work? What Else Can We Do?

Introduction In 12 weeks time a general election will be held in Queensland, Australia. As expected there are the usual calls for harsher penalties for offenders and particularly for juvenille … Continue reading Crime Prevention: Harsh Penalties Do They Work? What Else Can We Do?