Not always but a lot of crime seems like it could be avoided if more effort were put into prevention - better funding for education etc. It’s not rocket science.
I agree, there are things that can and should be done to prevent crime.
But good prevention is really hard, education being a good example. Today most people have internet access and you can educate yourself there (Wikipedia, Khan Academy, YouTube...). Access to education is not a problem - getting people to educate themselves is. Nerds do it on their own, many don't. It takes individual effort to get children's minds to learn. You need teachers who like teaching and can get children excited about the world. It's not as easy as giving everyone an iPad, funding without understanding the problems doesn't work. (I guess there are situations where funding easily solves problems depending on your country and school.)
(I'm not against funding education, I just wish it would happen in a smarter way.)
