"the problem of crime" is correct and usable in written English.
Example sentence: The problem of crime in the city has been increasing steadily for the past five years.
We will deal with the other things but we have to solve the problem of crime.
That being the case, Ms. Houston and Mr. Bernstein felt it was important when looking at the problem of crime to pay more attention to labor market policies and the value of employment.
The former Harvard Law School professor complained that the majority was thwarting the states' effort "to solve what is perhaps the most persistent, intractable, elusive and demanding of all problems in society — the problem of crime and, more particularly, of its prevention".
"The magnitude of the problem of crime seems to be beyond the control of any agency acting alone because many – if not most – governments are corrupt and have tight links with international crime organisations," says the report by the Millennium Project think tank, formerly part of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
JACQUELINE SALMON An optician from Burnley, Lancashire, who pressed the party leaders on crime during the first TV debate I went along to the first debate because I wanted to speak to all the politicians about the problem of crime in northern towns.
This forms a basis for describing how the models may be applied to the problem of crime classification.
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"The problem of crimes motivated by bias," the measure says, "is sufficiently serious, widespread and interstate in nature as to warrant federal assistance to states, local jurisdictions and Indian tribes".
Japanese officials have asked the military to take steps to address the problem of crimes committed by its servicemen, an issue that has long bedeviled relations between local residents and the government of the prefecture and between the prefecture and the central government.
He also flags the problem of crimes of sexual violence being underreported.
THE POLITICAL SCENE about churches creating coalitions with local governments to address the problems of crime and poverty in the inner cities.
