“Police will always play an important role, but there are other ways in,” said Elizabeth Glazer, director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. “If the way we think about crime is really about changing behavior and controlling risk, there are a lot of ways to do that. If you light up housing developments, are you less likely to have crime? Figuring out smart interventions way, way, before arrest, or using behavioral economics as a way to nudge people’s behavior – these are incredibly important and promising areas we need to explore in a rigorous way.”
