made. This way a person coming into society will not be overwhelmed by his newfound freedom. Giving them back their freedoms back a little at a time. Community policing should be promoted in every urban area. Community policing helps unite citizens together, establish relations between police and it's citizens, and helps establish pride in neighborhoods. Bonds between neighbors are strengthened and unity is achieved. Family restructuring services should be implemented by the state and run by community leaders. Services for families in need could include, mental health counseling, living and coping skills, anger management classes, and domestic violence help. Services should not be limited to those individuals who fall into certain brackets (financial), but to anyone in the community who desires help to lead a productive life. After school programs to keep juveniles of the streets should reduce crimes in communities. Children with nothing to do will find ways to entertain themselves, usually this leads to criminal mischief. After school programs already in use at public schools have had a sharp decrease in criminal related mischief. Programs such as sports and homework help and have helped in reducing dropout rates. In the book Body Count: Moral Poverty and How to Win America’s War Against Drugs. By William J. Bennet, John J. DiIiulio, and John P. Walters, we learn about crime on the streets, the causes, what is being done to reduce it, and what should be done to end it. Our authors state that crime is a result of moral poverty. They define moral poverty as “ the poverty of being without loving, capable, responsible adults who teach right from wrong.” ( Bennet 1996) throughout this paper I will discuss the major points of this book, what the authors believe the primary cause of crime is, and what can be done in treatment and corrections to address the major issues of crime. To start the book contains many, many statisti...
