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Appeared in a Recommendation from the President of Amburg's
The following appeared in a recommendation from the president of Amburg's Chamber of Commerce. "Last October the city of Belleville installed high intensity lighting in its central business district, and vandalism there declined almost immediately. The city of Amburg has recently begun police patrols on bicycles in its business district but the rate of vandalism there remains constant. Since high intensity lighting is apparently the most effective way to combat crime, we should install such lighting throughout Amburg. By reducing crime in this way, we can revitalize the declining neighborhoods in our city. "GHD MK5

By comparing the rates of vandalism and the measures taken to prevent vandalism by two cities, the president of Amburg's chamber of Commerce suggests to follow the example of the city of Belleville to install high intensity lighting throughout Amburg in order to combat crime, induce the rate of vandalism and even revitalize the declining neighborhoods in his city. The idea seems to be ...
... workable at first glance. But on a second thought, the argument is not thoroughly well reasoned. There are some logical flaws in his argument.
Therefore, the argument from the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Amburg is full of logical flaws. The purpose of the president is to try to put blame on the police for the declining neighborhoods in his city. He doesn't want to admit his incompetence for propelling the development of the neighborhoods.
It's likely that, when crime is reduced, the "declining neighborhoods" in a city will be revitalized. But it's far less likely that "high intensity lighting" will lead to reduced "rate of vandalism," and it seems absurd that such lighting is "apparently the most effective way to combat crime" in general. ghd pretty in pink
In the first place, the president does not seem to well understand "vandalism" and people who commit it. As far as I can see, vandalism is a very special " crime," committed usually by the young, or simply our own children. Unlike robbery, for instance, vandalism is not intended to take property from its lawful owner, but is often a form of mischief, performed by ignorant or innocent people. As such, vandalism is not committed secretly by people with or without a sense of guilty, but is often done openly and excitedly by people who enjoy the action. Further, not against people but against things such as busses and walls of buildings, vandalism is the "least" serious of crimes, bringing about such results as broken windows, shattered chairs, and ugly painted walls. However, although least serious, it is the most difficult to tackle.
Had the president had a good understanding of these, he would have realized why it proved to be no use tackling this crime by "police patrols. " And I can tell why. These are sinners who are not afraid of being caught in the act of committing vandalism, and many of them are happy about it. And being caught and taken to the police station and spending the night there may be an experience they have been planning to have for a long time. As such, these sinners are not "welcome" to any police station. And they are notorious bores to the prison. As a result, it is not that they are afraid of the police and the prison; it is that the police and the prison are unwilling to see them, and would do their best to avoid having anything to do with them (i. e. , not to take them in).
Had the president realized these, he would not have recommended "high intensity lighting. " As for me, if I do not know why it has succeeded in Belleville, I am quite sure it will not succeed in Amburg, for the simple reason that, if people do not fear " police patrols," they will never be scared by lighting, no matter how " intense" it is.
From these failures of the president's, I know what the matter is with him. As a person representing merchants (and their interest and prejudice) , he thinks too much of their property (i. e. , their "broken windows, shattered chairs, and ugly painted walls") and think too little of people, especially those young sinners.
For me, I would rather recommend these;
Let's try to understand vandalism and people who commit it. And, therefore, let's send out no "police patrols," and install no "high intensity lighting" throughout Amburg. But let's, instead, start educating our young. That alone is "the most effective way to combat crime," and the best thing to do to "revitalize the declining neighborhoods in our city. "

lize the declining neighborhoods in our city. "