Name and Describe Several Community Crime Prevention Programs

question 18

Essay

Name and describe several community crime prevention programs. Select one that you believe offers the most potential in reducing and preventing crime, and explain your rationale.

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Definitions:

Real GDP

The measure of a country's economic output adjusted for price changes and inflation.

Tax Revenues

The income that is gained by governments through taxation, a primary source of public finance.

Transfer Payments

Payments made by the government to individuals without any expectation of a direct return, such as welfare, social security, and unemployment benefits.

Automatic Stabilizers

Economic policies and programs, such as unemployment benefits and progressive taxation, that automatically help stabilize an economy by increasing spending in a downturn and reducing spending in an upswing without additional government action.