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Applying Regulatory Measures to Address Crime Problems: An AGILE Approach to Enhancing Public Safety

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  • Nancy G. La Vigne

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This article synthesizes research on regulatory measures to prevent crime, examining the actors, contexts, and methods of regulation, along with associated costs, impacts, and unintended consequences. I find that to successfully combat crime, regulatory measures need to be adaptable to the specific crime and its situational context; germane to both the actors intended to invoke, enforce, and respond to the regulation and to the geographic and jurisdictional context of the crime; incentive-based to encourage compliance; legitimate and equitable in imposition and impact; and evaluated , using evidence during and after implementation to document unintended impacts, costs, and benefits. I use the acronym AGILE as shorthand for these successful regulatory schemes. I conclude that the policy implications of AGILE regulatory reforms can yield more cost-efficient and equitable criminal justice outcomes when they are properly developed, implemented, and incentivized.

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  • Nancy G. La Vigne, 2018. "Applying Regulatory Measures to Address Crime Problems: An AGILE Approach to Enhancing Public Safety," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 679(1), pages 202-215, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:679:y:2018:i:1:p:202-215
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716218783681
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