: opposing or intended to discourage or prevent crime and especially violent crime
anti-crime legislation
an anti-crime campaign
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Continue reading … 'VOTE NO' – Los Angeles Times comes out against popular anti-crime ballot initiative.
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Fox News, 23 Sep. 2024
This fall’s campaign over the anti-crime Proposition 36 now promises to be one of the more expensive and unnecessary ballot measure campaigns California has seen, as avid supporters of the 2014 Proposition 47 battle to keep it alive in more than just name.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Newsom’s reference to Proposition 36, an anti-crime ballot measure that a new Los Angeles Times poll says 56% of voters support and only 23% oppose.
—Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
Still, those who are genuinely interested in eliminating crime, as opposed to exploiting the issue for political purposes, will take heart in the new trends and study them for hints about which anti-crime policies do and do not work.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
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Fox News, 23 Sep. 2024
This fall’s campaign over the anti-crime Proposition 36 now promises to be one of the more expensive and unnecessary ballot measure campaigns California has seen, as avid supporters of the 2014 Proposition 47 battle to keep it alive in more than just name.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Newsom’s reference to Proposition 36, an anti-crime ballot measure that a new Los Angeles Times poll says 56% of voters support and only 23% oppose.
—Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
Still, those who are genuinely interested in eliminating crime, as opposed to exploiting the issue for political purposes, will take heart in the new trends and study them for hints about which anti-crime policies do and do not work.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
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“Anti-crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-crime. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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