Applying Regulatory Measures to Address Crime Problems: An AGILE Approach to Enhancing Public Safety

Nancy G. La Vigne

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2018, vol. 679, issue 1, 202-215

Abstract: This article synthesizes research on regulatory measures to prevent crime, examining the actors, contexts, and methods of regulation, along with associated costs, impacts, and unintended consequences. I find that to successfully combat crime, regulatory measures need to be adaptable to the specific crime and its situational context; germane to both the actors intended to invoke, enforce, and respond to the regulation and to the geographic and jurisdictional context of the crime; incentive-based to encourage compliance; legitimate and equitable in imposition and impact; and evaluated , using evidence during and after implementation to document unintended impacts, costs, and benefits. I use the acronym AGILE as shorthand for these successful regulatory schemes. I conclude that the policy implications of AGILE regulatory reforms can yield more cost-efficient and equitable criminal justice outcomes when they are properly developed, implemented, and incentivized.

Keywords: situational crime prevention; regulation; third-party policing; crime policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716218783681

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