Right-wing policies for diminishing crime, stripping the welfare state, and managing economic crises have paradoxically maintained the causes of crime. But criminologists rarely confront the contradictions behind these policies. Policies that foster entry-level jobs, jobs with multiplier effects, and industrial expansion are required. Drug use should be decriminalized and structural underemployment ameliorated. Undoing damage caused by previous administrations and formulating workable alternatives to law-and-order policies requires bold experimentation and planning by civil organizations and federal bureaus that give top priority to crime prevention.
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