We found that after both the greening and trash cleanup interventions, gun violence went down significantly. The steepest drop in crime, up to 29 percent, was in the several blocks surrounding vacant lots in neighborhoods whose residents live below the poverty line. [More]
So you don't need "gun control"...?
[Via Jess]
Its called "Broken Window Policing"
ReplyDeleteTurns out that unrepaired broken windows, and dilapidated properties in general attract unsavory characters and their unsavory behaviors just like trash strewn overgrown vacant lots attract rats of the four legged variety.
Who'd a thunk it?
Correct.
ReplyDeleteWe don't need 'gun control'.
We need more vacant lots in certain 'hoods.