With respect to the government's National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention: ( a ) what measurement systems have been used in the past, and are presently in place, to determine whether any of the 1,900 crime prevention projects funded since 1998 have produced the intended results, and whether certain types of programs are more effective than others; and ( b ) can the government identify the programs which have resulted in measurably different reductions in crime and improvements in community safety when compared with areas which have not used those programs?
In the House of Commons on April 19th, 2002. See this statement in context.