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The campaign, which relied heavily on undercover narcotics busts and was largely modeled off the LAPD's strategy of heavily focusing crime-fighting resources on specific high-crime areas, dramatically slowed the growth of violent crime throughout the Tenderloin.

Their study shows that the concept of repeat victimization may be as useful as that of hot spots in helping to focus crime prevention effort where it is most needed.

Given that situational measures have potential for "diffusion of benefits" (the idea that focused crime prevention efforts can sometimes bring benefits beyond the targeted settings, (Clarke and Weisburd 1994) this could be a highly effective approach for reducing ransom kidnappings.

A number of 'therapeutic' programs, focusing on crime relapse prevention, are described in the literature.

By focusing on crime-scene minutiae, the police build a case against the victim's mistress.

The MCTF, dubbed the Afghan FBI, was intended to tackle serious crimes, focusing on corruption, organised crime and kidnapping.

It focuses on crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and crime prevention through opportunity reduction.

The other two have focused on crime and improving schools.

"The mayor is focused on crime control, not gun control," said the Bloomberg spokesman, Jason Post.

Instead, much of the forum focused on crime aboard subways and buses.

The best of them will focus on crime prevention, not just on catching criminals.