Crime and Summer

Tomorrow is the first day of summer. Along with the mosquitoes invariably comes an increase in crime--youth crime to be exact. Just this week a promising athlete was shot outside his high school graduation while we were in Philadelphia. In an interesting article recently in The Economist, the writer profiles the increase in crime and what Chicago is or isn't doing about it. That city had 36 shootings during the April 18-20 weekend.America had 37% more gang-related murders in 2006 than in 2000 while the overall crime rates are lower. Essentially gang violence heats up in the summer as members have time on their hands and feuds are fueled. The typical response more police and more summer jobs is hampered this year by the economy. So what to do on this eve of summer? The article suggests that Boston has done a very good job getting a handle on the problem. In the 1990s Boston targeted gang violence by offering services and help to gang members but assured them that gang violence would be met with the severest penalties. If there was a gang murder, the police would go after the killer and the gang. In other words the gang business was at risk. This strategy has worked. Youth murders have dropped significantly.

Another program mentioned in the article is the federal initiative called Project Safe Neighborhoods that combines gun policing with meetings with former felons and tough prosecutions. In its first two years, districts that employ this program report more than a 30 percent decline in homicides. This is the time--sooner not later--to get some anti-violence programs going in your community.

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