Discussion

1) I think that crime can be prevented in a lot of cases like crime prevention theory explains. Here in Nashville about thirty five percent of all motor vehicle thefts are committed because the owner left the keys in the car. Let’s just look at that one crime for a second and think how much money they city’s criminal justice system would save if they did not have the expense of the officers and detectives that investigate and recover the stolen vehicle. The corrections cost as to housing the offender who takes the car and the judicial system that has to adjudicate the case. All of those things could be avoided is someone used weren’t lazy and used common sense to remove the keys out of the vehicle. Not to mention that it is an offense here in the state of Tennessee to leave a vehicle unattended with the keys in the vehicle.  I know that is just one example of the crimes that are being committed. There are many more types of crimes that people become victims of because they do not use common sense or they are just plain stupid as to what is going on around them. The old saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is also true in law enforcement.