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This is a simple model of a community project aiming to affect the growing problem of juveniles ending up in juvenile detention. The model is trying to show a simulation 2 different effects. One is the involvement and investment in the community by introducing Sports Club membership and etc and the other is the level of involvement from the police.
Key Assumptions:
- There are 1000 youths living in Bourke Town
- All convicts are sentenced to a 6 month jail term
- Each simulation budget has a value from 0-100%.
- Policing Budget affects the Tempted Flow Rate and the Charged Flow Rate
- Community Investment assumes a 6 month delay before effect of investment
- Community Investment only is investing in engaging youths with sports and team games with a Sports Club Membership
- Success rate of Sports Club Membership is 100%
Key Findings:
- Policing must be a minimum of 50% and Community Investment must be a minimum of 45% to see crime rates go down below 5%
- Simulation goes to prove that with almost equal efforts spent on the community and policing, together it will be able to improve the status of the town and drastically decrease the crime and jail rates in Bourke.