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Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety StrategiesYouth crime in the United States remains near the lowest levels seen in the past three decades, yet public concern and media coverage of gang activity has skyrocketed since 2000. Fear has spread from neighborhoods with longstanding gang problems to communities with historically low levels of crime,read more Washington Post on Gangs and Public SafetyJuly 18, 2007 Article by Tom Jackman When it comes to fighting gangs, there's the New York City approach, and there's the Los Angeles approach, according to the Justice Policy Institute. And one statistic dramatizes the difference:Two years ago, Los Angeles police reported 11,402 gang-relateread more Star.com: U.S. gang crackdowns called a 'tragic failure'July 18, 2007 Betsy PowellMore police, more prisons and more punitive measures aren't the answer to reducing gang activity, concludes a new U.S. study that experts here say underscores the need for Canada to reject that approach in favour of investing in jobs, schools and programs for disenfrancread more NY Times: The Wrong Approach to GangsNo city has failed to control its street gangs more spectacularly than Los Angeles. The region has six times as many gangs and double the number of gang members as a quarter-century ago, even after spending countless billions on the problem. But unless Congress changes course quickly, the policies tread more Doing borrowed time: The high cost of back-door prison financeThe U.S. prison population doubled during the 1980s and nearly doubled again in the following decade. By the end of the 1990s the nation's prisons held more than 1.3 million prisoners while the total incarcerated population - including jails and detention centers - fell just short of two millionread more Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004Women’s prison population up 757 percent since 1977, women particularly sensitive to overall prison population growth trends. Women are the fastest-growing segment of the prison population, surpassing male prison population growth in all 50 states and climbing 757 percent between 1977 and 200read more |
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