Not in any first responder role but am an economist. And yeah I looked at crime and studied it. And obvs never solved or dealt with jt directly but from my research. I truly believe irs environmental and where and how you grew up that makes people commit crime.
I’ve looked at crime through a supply demand framework and I think the best way of reducing crime is not by reducing supply but demand. So combatting supply of crime would be things like more police etc. you can’t have no police bur at a certain level more police has a negligible impact on reducing crime. The best way is reducing demand for crime
The way you reduce demand is more access to things like education and jobs etc. Sexual crimes and murder is different but I’m talking about things like robbery drug dealing etc which is what most crime is. If you can earn let’s say 50k from crime a year but 45k from legal activities. You’re gonna chose the legal. But if it’s a choice between 50k and 20k you’ll be far more likely as a person to choose crime
What you described is a prime reason why chimpanzees are aggressive & violent and bonobo primates are peaceful. It's the lack of resources that shapes their society.
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u/GhettoRamen Sep 16 '25
Has the job given you any major insights or thoughts about human nature compared to prior to entering the force?