Daily Monitor Saturday April 24 2021 Some of the key causes of crime today are poverty, envy, anger, vengeance, decay of family values, mental illness, alcoholism, drug abuse, greed, parental neglect and the like. Crime is also fueled by the large population of mainly young, educated but unemployed youth who have been poisoned by the political and education system to think of government as the only provider of jobs. There’s a lot that can be done to reduce the crime rate in institutions of learning and the community at large. We can start by adopting a community policing strategy, improve surveillance to deter criminals and create awareness on the implications of crime.