| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JANUARY 25, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
| ||||||||
 | ||||||||
| READERS REPORT
Criminal Justice: An Ounce of Prevention... ''How the U.S. handcuffed the crime rate'' (Economic Viewpoint, Dec. 28/Jan. 4) does an injustice to the efforts to prevent crime that are going on all across America. Instead of celebrating the same old punishment-only, wait-for-the-crime-to-happen philosophy that is popular with the political set, we should recognize proven early-intervention programs that prevent our youth from becoming criminals in the first place. Early childhood education, parenting assistance, health-care/nutrition, and after-school programs have proved effective in crime prevention. They also pay for themselves many times over in savings to communities, governments, and the private sector. Public-policy initiatives are needed to provide more funding for such activities. Gordon P. Rondeau Marietta, Ga. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
|  |
 | |
INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
