
Rooney Nelson: Reducing crime is easy
For less than the cost of one murder the crime rate can be easily and significantly reduced. In 2010, researchers at Iowa State concluded that the cost for a single murder in America was $17.25 million. For less than that $17.25 million, American’s can easily and effectively reduce not only murders, but also rapes, robberies and other violent crimes quickly, significantly, and effectively, while saving ourselves a few billion dollars in the process. Perhaps most importantly, effectively deploying these tools might even have stopped a terrorist act like the Boston Marathon bombing.




