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Mass urbanization of the world’ s population is an unprecedented trend worldwide. The most important reason why people are moving to cities is economic. People are moving to the cities because that’s where they can find jobs and earn money.
Until the twentieth century, the major source of employment, full and part time, was farming. Now, according to recent statistics, no more than fifteen percent of all jobs are connected to farming. Jobs now are being created in information technology, manufacturing and service areas, such as tourism and financing. And all of these new jobs are in or around major cities.

Crime control is a pretty complex question. The first step, of course, is deterrence, to stop people from committing crime in the first place. That involves the economy: are there enough jobs for everyone? There should be. And the social structure: are there enough support systems? And so on. When people are convicted and put in prison, then the goal should be to have reform programs inside prisons, so that when the person comes out, they don’t return to a life of crime. If the education programs and drug treatment programs have been cut, convicted criminals are not being reformed.