Sam Wilks

What’s missing from most public policy is consequence. A society unwilling to inconvenience vandals will soon find law-abiding citizens inconvenienced, or worse, endangered. Public space must be reclaimed with purpose, not platitudes.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) uses environmental design to deter crime and enhance safety.

Where elders fear the youth, respect has died, and fear rules. This collapse is not inevitable but the product of choices, choices to tolerate lawlessness, to weaken authority, and to ignore cause and effect.