Sentence examples for for cutting crime from inspiring English sources

Taking credit for cutting crime is nothing new.

There are ambitious new targets for cutting crime and building roads, among other populist policies.

"They do not have a coherent strategy for cutting crime because they are obsessed only with cutting costs," he said.

Though Ms. Loren-Maltese is given credit for cutting crime and reducing prostitution, the town's unseemly image lingers.

Lord Warner, the chairman of the Youth Justice Board, told The Independent that evaluation of parenting programmes had established that they were the most cost-effective measure for cutting crime by young offenders.

The initiative is a snapshot, first of the inherent weakness of the criminal justice system as a mechanism for cutting crime; second, of the inherent difficulties in allowing politicians to drive supposedly independent local forces from the centre.

The Central Park rampage has been a major embarrassment for the Giuliani administration, which saw its record for cutting crime overshadowed for weeks by publicity that recalled the days when the police were content to contain, not prevent, public disorder.

Two of Mr. Safir's core traits as commissioner have been his loyalty and his ability to live comfortably in the shadow of Mr. Giuliani, whose relationship with Mr. Bratton disintegrated into squabbling over who got credit for cutting crime.

But both cities have put local commanders in charge of cutting crime on their patches.

Many see nothing wrong with the rapid expansion in surveillance cameras, particularly given official claims for their success in cutting crime.

A recent survey shows that, though the PA is praised for bringing stability by cutting crime and clan feuding, three-quarters of the people still agree with Hamas that Islamic law should be applied.