A plethora of researches and experiments have proven the
fact that human being is malignant and self-guided. Their goals and agendas are
motivated by personal motives and endless desires. Solely due to this notion they
are meant to break rules and fulfill their desires. There is no such country
where there are 0% criminal act and violence even in the developed countries we
come across cases where crime, injustice, corruption, and misconduct is
explicitly seen. Hence the probability of breaking the rules is inevitable from
human nature. Psychological activities and various socio-economic factors can
affect its ratio and bring to a minimum level. Here are some policies and
regulatory actions that can reduce criminal acts efficiently.
Alcohol pricing:
Evidence from both natural experiments and modeling studies
support a link between alcohol pricing and overall crime. One study examining
the influence of the price of beer on injuries suggested that increased alcohol
prices would result in substantially fewer violent injuries.
Violence as a public
health concern:
We need to use campaigns and technology to reach every child
and family in these countries. We need to develop those tools to make sure that
everybody feels important and cared for through parenting interventions, family
interventions, wellbeing campaigns, and early childhood education.
Hot-spot policing:
Police can play a huge role in reducing crime, especially by
adopting evidence-based tactics like hot-spot policing. In many cities, a very
small subset of places, down to the street and block level, drives most of the
crime. So deploying police, intelligently, in these specific areas can have a
big impact on fighting crime and violence.
Avoid repressive
policies:
While justice and
police have an important role to play, repression only is counter-productive if
not combined with development interventions that look at the drivers of
violence and tackle things like skills and education of youth, socio-economic
inequalities, and access to communal services.
Focus on gun control:
Where there are no guns, there are no gun deaths. A simple
and practical way to start impacting armed violence is to try to stem the flow
of illegal guns.
Use non-violent
language:
In a nation that has a long history of violence, we need to
teach non-violence and non-violent communication. Preaching non-violent
communication, conflict resolution and basic communication skills have always
been powerful tools to reduce injustice, violence, and crime.
