Defund the police?: considerations for reducing gang violence

In 2020 homicide rates rose by 30%, the single highest increase in homicide in the past six decades. At the same time, racial justice protests spawned a new movement calling to “defund the police.” There are no systematic studies of the impact of the “defund the police” movement on the rise in serio...

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Authors: Braga, Anthony Allan 1969- (Author) ; MacDonald, John M. 1972- (Author) ; Tita, George E. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: The Oxford handbook of gangs and society
Year: 2024, Pages: 849-869
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Keywords:
Gangs
defund police
focused deterrence
Shootings
Violence Prevention