Imagine trying to unlock a safe with not just one combination lock, but five concentric dials, each containing at least ten numbers. The mathematical complexity is staggering - 100,000 possible combinations.
Now imagine that these dials are constantly shifting, influencing one another, and responding to external forces in unpredictable ways. This is the reality of how risk factors for criminalisation operate across individual, family, peer, community and societal domains.
This Deep Dive examines how crime is a flag for deeper symptoms.