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Exactly. Incremental improvements can absolutely snowball.
Philadelphia instituted a pilot program that hyper-targeted high risk youth in the highest crime neighborhoods, dispatching trained professionals to discuss violence prevention one-on-one. There was also a recent "hug the block" program.
Both kind of common sense interventions, and the "tough on crime" crowd will sneer at these kinds of things, but it absolutely has shown incredibly promising initial results that were shown to reduce the likelihood of violent crime incidents by at least 50%.
Obviously, not every individual can be "saved" from unfortunate outcomes, but arguably most can. And all it takes is just treating very emotionally neglected young adults like human beings that someone cares about.
People don’t like to admit it but programs like these worked in NYC too. Just as much as the tough on crime policies.
May I ask where did you get 594 for Chicago? It currently says 543. Chicago has a chance to end the year under 600, long as it doesn't do over 50 next month. Still a lot.
May I ask where did you get 594 for Chicago? It currently says 543. Chicago has a chance to end the year under 600, long as it doesn't do over 50 next month. Still a lot.
Probably HeyJackass. They include police homicides and self defense in their totals.
Buffalo 36 (65 in 2022, down 45%)
- per Buffalo Citistat + news reports
Rochester 51 (72 in 2022, down 29%)
- per RPD Open Data Portal
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