Crime (low income, crime, schools)

[crystalblue]

What can be done to bring down the outrageous crime rate in this country?

Not talking about a 10-20 yr solution either, but something that could be up and running in a few months?

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

What can be done to bring down the outrageous crime rate in this country?

Not talking about a 10-20 yr solution either, but something that could be up and running in a few months?

Nationally, crime levels are well off their historic highs back in the early 1990s. I wouldn't say current levels of crime, overall, are outrageous. Obviously, certain areas are much worse than others.

Probably nothing can be done short term. There are no short-term fixes to long-term problems. Long term, decriminalization of drugs coupled with increased drug addiction treatment is probably the best policy. Increased economic development in high crime areas would also help.

[censusdata]

Step 1: replace every public housing unit in America w/ a mixed income/race and istead provide public housing by individual unit (paying a landlord to provide a unit at a certain cost)

Shoving the most impoverished residents into high density super slums where no one owns anything is the WORST urban planning mistake in US history (worse than sprawl!)
When you do this, you are ASKING for crime

Step 2 (more controversial): remove low income residents from high crime areas and spread them out in high income, low crime areas. Then add high income housing in the former slum areas

[RuralGuy]

Clearly, we must adopt Sharia Law. I'm certain amputations and executions for petty offenses would straighten things up quickly.

j/k-

[hillside]

nothing can be done in a few months. it didn't happen in a few and it can't be fixed in a few.

appropriate 100 billion to the schools

bump teacher base to 41k to make it more competitive and desirable

reform sentencing laws and the entire justice system. giving out more years
encourages snitching. snitches get killed.

take some of that natl security money and open minimum 3 yr fbi investigations into the 100 largest police forces

and see how this country changes.

[crystalblue]

MySA.com: Metro | State (http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA021508.01B.gangshootings.3698366.html - broken link)

this is mainly what I'm talking about

we need to get rid of the gangs in this country.

I kinda like the Judge Dredd methods....

[18Montclair]

Its not as bad as the numbers suggest. For the most part, its blown out of proportion and people are scared of their own shadows these days-BOO!

Some of us need to get a grip.

[crystalblue]

I would disagree

kids dont need to get shot by random bullets.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

I would disagree

kids dont need to get shot by random bullets.

And that happens very rarely. This obsession with safety is creating a generation of wusses.

[DoubleXAs]

I dont think crime is that big a problem nowadays. NYC is heaven compared to how it was in the early 90's. LA recorded it's lowest murder number last year as well.

You want to see outrageous crime? Look at city stats from 1990-1993.