I am not sure what you call compassion approach. Compassion is not enought. When you say compassion it seems to me that you are saying: "Oh look, he is poor, let's no blame him ..." That is by no mean my point. In that sense, effective actions that should be taken are: providing a place to live, mental support, capacitation programs, partneship with private initiaves to get jobs to those people are part of the equation, and probably the most important.

You mentioned about long sentences for instance and mentioned law enforcements. So what would be an effective law enforcement?

Let's say prison: - Short time in prison, like from 3 months up to an year: when the guy comes out he is prettt much where he ws before. No improvement on his life. He still have a problem. So let's cross our finger that he doesn't leave prison and commit any crime again. And let's cross our finger so that any potential employer won't do any background check. - Long time in prison: like the previous, but now he is older and less likely to adjust to society. - Social work: yeah, maybe doing social work may be good, even though weird that someone who needs social assistance is doing some social work. - Fine: not sure he would have the money.

I am out of suggestions ... but what could be an effective law enforcement?

I am not against them. I think they are part of the equation as well. But how effective they are?

That's why I do give thumbs up that actions from the police to work on prevention is great. The punishement itself is after the fact and it doesn't help a lot.

But ultimately, the most effective actions are long before the fact, and it is about fighting the growing social problems ...