Jeffrey Bradley

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Police work the scene of a shooting at a pub that left 12 people injured, including six with gunshot wounds, in Toronto, in March 2025. Investigators said the gunmen appeared ‘young, professional, calm.’ THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

How can Mark Carney reduce violent crime in Canada? Through prevention and youth outreach

Jeffrey Bradley, Carleton University and Irvin Waller, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Current crime-fighting proposals lack concrete, evidence-based actions and proven public health strategies that are known to significantly and cost-effectively reduce violent crime.
Police tape blocks access to an alleyway at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa in March 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Paying more for policing doesn’t stop or reduce crime

Irvin Waller, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Jeffrey Bradley, Carleton University

An analysis of trends over the last 20 years in Canada could not find any correlation between increases in municipal police budgets and a reduction in crime rates. There’s another way forward.
A Toronto police officer adjusts police tape at the scene of a quadruple shooting in downtown Toronto in September 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Tackling the causes of crime, not sending more people to jail, is the only way to fight it

Irvin Waller, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Jeffrey Bradley, Carleton University

There are proven ways to significantly reduce violent crime within the next five years. It requires becoming not “tough on crime,” but “smart on crime” before it happens.

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