South Korea uses fluorescent paint to reduce crime

(Xinhua) -- According to South Korean media reported on July 14, there is a mountain village formed by the gathering of dilapidated houses around a tunnel in the Valley of Fuping District in Incheon City. The houses are densely connected up and down, a typical slum, but walking into the alleys of this slum is a different story.
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painted on the walls painted with flowers and butterflies, everywhere there are flower beds, planted with tricolor, chrysanthemums and other flowers. Street and security lights illuminate the night road. Cameras are available at each entrance to the alley and are monitored 24 hours a day. There is even an emergency alarm bell that can be notified directly to the police and district governments at the click of a button. Resident Zheng Jinya, a 55-year-old woman, said: "Before, as soon as it turned dark, almost no one went out of their homes, and now even late at night, there are more people going out for a walk." The
of a hole in the Valley of the People's Republic of China has benefited from the implementation of the "500 Steps for Women's Safety" promoted by The Fuping District last year. It takes an average of about 500 steps to get home from public transport such as bus stops commonly used by residents, and the work aims to make these 500 steps a "safe way home".
the originally selected area of the valley a hole and Qingchuan a hole was originally composed of workers in the slum. During the Japanese period, various factories led by the Army Corps of Engineers were stationed in Fuping district, and people from all over the country poured in. Tent villages inhabited by workers around the factory also appeared one by one. As time went on, the tent village disappeared, but it was still behind. Since mid-2000, the local economy has stagnated despite the promotion of ndd development policies.
some people left, the homeless settled here. The dark alleys became the base of bad teenagers, and the number of people throwing rubbish everywhere was increasing, and the village smelled bad everywhere. Violent cases such as theft have been banned, and one hole in the valley has the highest violent crime rate in 22 holes in Fuping District.
but the "safe way home" led to a new mountain village. Residents meet face-to-face once or twice a week to make recommendations. First, repaint the dilapidated concrete walls and place chairs in the weedy open spaces to make them a resting place for residents. And in the unmarried women living in multi-family housing window frames and pipes coated with indelible fluorescent paint, crime prevention; A warning "Special paint on walls and gas pipes" hangs around.
, considering that most of the residents are elderly, build new steps on the sloped alleyway; In order to find a way, village maps and indicators have also been hung through through the village; Flower beds with crops such as chili peppers are also personally cared for by the inhabitants; Residents, in consultation with the police, also set up streetlights and surveillance.
effects of crime prevention are immediate, reducing the number of violent crimes and littering to one-tenth. Resident Jin Yongfu, 68, said: "At first there was opposition and residents who questioned why they were doing these useless things were becoming more actively involved. Qingchuan a hole also in accordance with the requirements of residents in the original "women's safety step 500 steps of work" on the basis of an additional 500 meters of safe distance.