Authorities go after the lowest hanging fruit or the most visible. Targeting the most visible feeds back into peoples perception that if they commit a crime the

Authorities go after the lowest hanging fruit or the most visible. Targeting the most visible feeds back into peoples perception that if they commit a crime they will get caught. The authorities are strategic in their approach but at the end of the day they are operating on finite resources. The advantage the authorities have though is that they are playing offence. They can make plenty of mistakes and still achieve their objective. Criminals just have to make one mistake and it can undo all the she effort they have made to mitigate risk.