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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Neighbourhood control by criminals

Neighbourhood control by criminals

  • Control of local communities by criminals

Nature

With the social crisis of urban environments, and the rise of criminality, local communities are increasingly becoming the territories of criminal gangs in which people can be killed indiscriminately and without provocation.

Broader

Organized crime
Excellent
Locales of high crime rates
Unpresentable

Narrower

Fear blocking participation
Yet to rate
Crime reduces profitability
Yet to rate
Crime deters improvement
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Protection rackets
Unpresentable
Prevailing community insecurity
Unpresentable
Psychological stress of urban environment
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Youth gangs
Presentable
Urban poverty
Presentable
Ineffective legislation against organized crime
Presentable
Uninvolved transient residents
Unpresentable
Inadequate police funds
Unpresentable
Inadequate community policing
Yet to rate
Fragmented social care at the neighbourhood level
Yet to rate

Related

Impoverished social environment
Unpresentable

Value

Self-control
Yet to rate
Nonlocal
Yet to rate
Crime
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Neighbourhoods
  • Cybernetics » Control
  • Societal problems » Crime
  • Society » Communities
  • Society » Local
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J1545
    DOCID
    12015450
    D7NID
    142690
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020