Crime damages the social fabric that makes communities healthy.
It increases fear and breeds frustration. Moreover, a relatively small number of neighborhoods suffer disproportionate amounts of crime. Research indicates that about 3 percent of addresses account for over 50 percent of crime, and that these addresses tend to be concentrated in particular geographic areas. By reclaiming the neighborhoods hardest hit by crime and drugs, we maximize the State's impact on the overall rate of crime. We also focus attention and efforts on those citizens whose lives and dreams suffer the most.