Ever notice things are closed late at night lately?
We really need to change that.
Maybe a tax holiday from 10/11 pm till 4 or 5 am?
Do people just think it’s not safe? Of course, that’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. There’s a thing called Natural Surveillance. When there are things to do, there are eyes out there preventing crime. In the absence of acceptable things to do, crime fills the void, and the “Nothing good happens after midnight” becomes true.
A tax holiday is definitely cheaper than hiring more cops and adding pricey security options. Often, with crime, vandalism, and break-ins still happening as they chase the results instead of preventing the crime. Thus, we just end up paying twice. Once for the security, and again for the repairs and replacement of things stolen or damaged in the crime sprees.
Natural surveillance is a term used in crime prevention through environmental design models for crime prevention. Natural surveillance limits the opportunity for crime by taking steps to increase the perception that people can be seen. Natural surveillance occurs by designing the placement of physical features, activities and people in such a way as to maximize visibility and foster positive social interaction
See More: Wikipedia: Natural Surveillance