首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Governments Are Trying A 1990 United Nations survey revealed that the more highly developed countries spend an average of 2 t
Governments Are Trying A 1990 United Nations survey revealed that the more highly developed countries spend an average of 2 t
admin
2010-06-18
31
问题
Governments Are Trying
A 1990 United Nations survey revealed that the more highly developed countries spend an average of 2 to 3 percent of their annual budgets on crime control, while developing countries spend even more, an average of 9 to 14 percent. Increasing the size of the police force and providing it with better equipment takes priority in some localities. But results are mixed. Some Hungarian citizens complain: "There are never enough policemen to catch the criminals but always enough to catch traffic violators."
Many governments have recently found it necessary to pass tougher crime laws. For example, since "kidnapping is on the rise across Latin America," says Time magazine, the governments there have responded with .laws that are "at once vigorous and ineffectual". "Passing laws is one thing," it admits, "applying them another."
It is estimated that in Britain more than 100,000 neighborhood watch schemes, covering at least four million homes, existed in 1992. Similar programs were implemented in Australia in the mid1980’s. Their aim, says the Australian Institute of Criminology, is to reduce crime "by improving citizens’ awareness about public safety, by improving residents’ attitudes and behaviour in reporting Crime and suspicious events in the neighbourhood and by reducing vulnerability to crime with the help of property identification and installation of effective security devices."
Closed-circuit television is used in some places to link police stations with commercial premises. Video cameras are used by police, banks, and stores as a crime deterrent or as a tool for identifying lawbreakers.
In Nigeria the police have Checkpoints on highways in efforts to apprehend robbers and carjackers. The government has set up a task force on trade malpractices to combat fraud. Police-community relations committees made up of community leaders inform the police of criminal activity and people of questionable character.
Visitors to the Philippines note that homes are generally not left unattended and that many people have watchdogs. Businessmen employ private security guards to protect their businesses. Anti-theft devices for cars sell well. People who can afford to do so withdraw to tightly secured subdivisions or condominiums.
The London newspaper The Independent commented: "As confidence in the rule of law falls, citizens are organizing the defense of their own communities in increasing numbers." And more and more people are arming themselves. In the United States, for example, it is estimated that every second household owns at least one gun.
Governments are, constantly developing new methods of combating crime. But V. Vsevolodov, of the Academy of Home Affairs in Ukraine, points out that according to UN sources, so many gifted people are finding "unique methods of carrying on criminal activity" that "the training of law enforcement personnel" cannot keep up. Clever criminals funnel huge sums of money back into businesses and social services, merging with society and "gaining for themselves high positions in society."
A neighborhood watch scheme will probably do all of the following EXCEPT ______.
选项
A、helping to install anti-theft devices
B、raising citizens’ consciousness of community safety
C、helping citizens to claim a lost property
D、encouraging citizens to report suspicious events
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/zK3YFFFM
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
A、Itsjoblessrateis12%atpresent.B、1.38millionpeopleareofficiallyjobless.C、Thenumberofpeopleoutofworkis1.9
ThepoorestpeopleinLeicesterbyawidemarginaretheSomaliswholiveintheStMatthewshousingestate.Refugeesfromcivil
A、Onthebeach.B、Onthedesertisland.C、InHollywood.D、InastudioinBritain.D
A、It’snothercupoftea.B、It’snotasgoodasthefashionshow.C、It’saplaceforcoolpeople.D、It’stheshootingsiteofa
A、Icecreams.B、Alcoholicdrinks.C、Fashionshows.D、Polarlights.D
Insomesocietiespeoplewantchildrenforwhatmightbecalledfamilialreasons:toextendthefamilylineorthefamilyname,
ForaCEOtobesuccessfulingovernment,hehastoTheauthorseemstosuggestthatCEO-turnedgovernmentofficials
CreativeartistsandthinkersachievecommunicationbyAcommoncharacteristicofartistsandscientistsinvolvedincreativew
1"Twentyyearsago,Blackpoolturneditsbackontheseaandtriedtomakeitselfintoanentertainmentcenter,"saysRobin
Moderatedrinkingreducesstrokerisk,studyconfirms.Similartothewayadrinkortwoadayprotectsagainstheartattacks,m
随机试题
对诊断心血虚证最有意义的是
患者,女,51岁。因反复胸闷、胸痛2年余就诊。2年前因琐事与人争吵后,出现左前胸胀痛,伴胸胁胀闷、心悸,休息后缓解,未予重视。此后,胸闷胸痛反复发作,多于情绪波动后症状加重,严重时可放射至左后肩。患者情志抑郁,善太息,纳差,寐欠安,小便黄,大便失调。唇舌紫
格朗公司是一家从事环境艺术的企业。该公司的业务以创意为核心,员工根据个人的爱好、专长和成长需要,自主选择从事建筑设计、室内装潢、城市雕塑和壁画制作等工作,公司则为员工的工作需要提供必要的服务。格朗公司的企业文化类型是()。
社会工作者小李称,自己在为残疾人服务时,经常会运用个案管理的工作方法,也经常充当不同的角色。从社会工作专业的角度来看,小李充当的角色,不可能的是()。
左心超声造影不能用于下列哪种检查
下列方剂主治上热下寒证者为
关于民用建筑绿色设计中场地设计的说法,正确的是:
其身正,不令而行,其身不正,虽令而不从。这句话重视()。
Ratification
Thousandsofyearsagomanusedhandyrocksforhissurgicaloperations.Laterheusedsharpbonesorhorns,metalknivesandmo
最新回复
(
0
)