Sentence examples for encourage crimes from inspiring English sources

What made the program so controversial was that the FBI was attempting to create and encourage crimes rather than find actual criminals - all in order to punish those whose constitutionally protected political activism the US government found threatening.

Officers may talk to locals or report problems, like broken lights or unsecured properties, that could encourage crime.

Street lights in Devon account for around a third of the council's carbon emissions.Residents worry that cuts to late-night lighting will encourage crime.

But residents of Potter Creek, a modest neighborhood adjacent to a stretch of San Pablo Avenue that serves as Berkeley's red-light district, believe the measure would encourage crime, with pimps and prostitutes taking over the neighborhood.

Fearing they could encourage crime, states began cracking down on their use.

This caveat will be enforced by police, who will measure the lighting in clubs to ensure it is bright enough, the justification for this being that an environment that is too dark would encourage crime.

The police receive more truthful accounts, which facilitate successful prosecutions and encourage crime reporting.

The social effect of abandonment has been termed "the broken window syndrome": Neighborhoods with broken windows and dilapidated housing encourage crime, pose safety hazards, isolate residents and reduce trust in the ability of the neighborhood to meet its challenges [ 30].

Although it seems likely that police relations with the mentally ill have improved over time, similar recommendations could be made to police and security authorities, who may need to spend additional time and resources fostering positive relations with community members to encourage crime victimisation disclosure and recording of instances which are reported.

It encourages crimes to go unreported and shreds community trust in police--it does not make communities "secure".

The lack of jobs has encouraged crime.