To Deter Crime, Law Enforcement Supports Child-Care Programs

By Linda Jacobson

The latest support for expanding early-childhood and after-school programs is coming from law-enforcement officials and crime-prevention experts who say such services can "cut crime's most important supply line--its ability to turn America's kids into criminals."

A report released last week by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a nonprofit crime-prevention group, says the United States could possibly cut crime in half if it put more money into "proven programs that help kids get the right start."

"Our fight against crime needs to start in the highchair, not wait for the electric chair," the study quotes Police Chief George Sweat of...