Give an example of how ignoring the concept of multicausality might lead to an inadequate program strategy.
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Prohibition is a good example of an intervention that was implemented with a lack of understanding of the complexity of alcohol abuse. Assuming that if alcohol was made illegal, the problem would simply vanish, Congress outlaw its sale. That led to more problems than it solved. There was a great increase in alcohol related crime, the government lost the tax money it previously made on the sale of legal liquor, the quality of alcoholic beverages couldn't be controlled, and drinking the illegal liquor hurt many people. Finally, Congress had to repeal prohibition.
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If one thinks that juvenile crime is a simple result of a laxness in punishing those who commit anti-social acts, one might advocate treating young teenagers as adult offenders and building more and tougher prisons. But that could lead to young people being abused in the prisons when mixed with adult offenders. It might also orient them to a life of crime as they learn from the older inmates. It might result in young people missing out on the education and training that would enable them to get jobs later on; thus they have few options but to return to crime.

Give an Example of How Ignoring the Concept of Multicausality