#crime prevention

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Police do not prevent crime, they respond to it,,,

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🫂🤝🏙️ Crime declines in U.S. cities thanks to community programs and less policing! Homicide and violent crime rates are dropping to pre-pandemic levels nationwide, with cities like Birmingham, Chicago, and Baltimore seeing double-digit declines through prioritizing community-based initiatives! Amidst a decline in police department staffing, local and municipal leaders have invested in community services such as recreation projects, violence intervention, affordable housing, mental health services, and youth programs, tackling systemic problems at the root.

Inside America’s Quiet Safety Revolution: How Local Leaders Are Cutting Crime Without More Cops

While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing homicides through dat

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Trump’s cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say

Community programs are more effective at reducing violence than simply making arrests, advocates say

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🧠 The Bystander Effect: Why People Sometimes Don't Help

CImagine someone collapses in a crowded place. Surprisingly, the more people who witness the situation, the less likely any one person is to help immediately. Psychologists call this the Bystander Effect.

Why does it happen?

People assume someone else will step in.

They look to others for cues on how to react.

They fear embarrassing themselves if they misread the situation.

This concept has influenced criminology because it helps explain why some crimes or emergencies continue without anyone intervening.

The good news? Simply recognizing the Bystander Effect can make us more likely to take action when someone genuinely needs help.

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Is Trump Right About Chicago? We Went To The Most Dangerous Parts To Find Out. | More Perfect Union

Trump has long targeted Chicago, calling it the "most dangerous city in the world."

But homicides were down 30% last year, even as Trump cut crime prevention grants. What's making crime fall? Investments in community-led violence prevention programs.

More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here's what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America's political and economic systems.

America's Most Dangerous Neighbourhoods: O-Block, Chicago | Places

O-Block: where a housing project meant to uplift a community became America's most infamous warzone. Gangs, music, murder, and hope-this is the brutal rise and slow redemption of Parkway Gardens.

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I dunno man something about telling rapists and child molesters 'oh you poor angel, none of the crimes you did were in any way your fault and anyone trying to say otherwise is a poopy head that's literally worse than Hitler, have some tea and a hug!!!'1111 doesn't quite sit right with me. If anything, letting them off the hook like that seems likely to make them think they can get away with it so they'll do it more.

I can only assume this is because you recently ran across one of my posts about restorative justice, so I'm going to pretend for a minute this ask is in any way good faith and tell you: that's not what restorative justice is.

There are two equally necessary parts to moving away from a punitive justice system: prevention and restoration. Prevention is identifying the root causes of crime in society and addressing those to stop more crimes from ever happening, and restoration is addressing the crimes that do happen in a way that focuses primarily on helping the victim recover and secondarily on making sure the perpetrator doesn't re-offend.

And the thing is, we have copious evidence that punitive justice does not deter crime, help victims recover, or make criminals less likely to re-offend. Just look up any study whatsoever on the subject. If it did, the U.S. would have the lowest crime rate in the world, because we punish more of our citizens than basically any other country on earth.

But in fact, our crime rates are pretty bad. Our incarceration rate is ridiculously high. Our prisons are largely for-profit, which means they are actually incentivized to keep people longer and create conditions that guarantee that people re-offend. Which is what happens. People who've been to prison in the U.S., even for a non-violent crime, are far more likely to end up back there, and to become violent, because of the conditions they endure in prison.

Not only that, but the people actually in prison are not, by and large, murderers or rapists. Most of them are there for non-violent crimes such as drugs, or petty theft. Lots of them are there for "crimes" such as existing while black. Less than 2% of rapes are actually punished in the U.S. already. So we're already effectively telling rapists, with our current system, that they can get away with it. They are getting away with it.

And murderers? Look into the number of unsolved murders in the U.S. Or hell, read up on basically any American serial killer. You'll find that the reason they were able to kill so many people is not, as cop shows would have you believe, because they're evil geniuses who are hard to catch. It's because our current system didn't work to stop the crimes until they had piled up so high they couldn't be ignored any longer. Because our current system is not actually structured around preventing crime or protecting anyone except those in power.

And most victims are not restored by our criminal justice process. They are re-traumatized by it. Again, look at any study. Or, you know, talk to someone who's actually been through the legal process from that perspective.

And once you've done that, ask yourself: Are you really worried about restorative justice letting rapists and murderers get away with it? Or are you simply unable to imagine anything else, because punitive justice, while completely ineffective and in fact counterproductive, is all you've ever known?

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