http://joshuamalbin.com/2010/02/a-made-up-gang-problem/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://joshuamalbin.com/2010/02/a-made-up-gang-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Josh K-sky Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:47:22 +0000 http://joshuamalbin.com/?p=1133#comment-787 <a href="http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2010/03/q_how_low_is_las_murder_r_1.php" rel="nofollow">Related.</a> Related.

]]> http://joshuamalbin.com/2010/02/a-made-up-gang-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Josh K-sky Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:32:46 +0000 http://joshuamalbin.com/?p=1133#comment-752 I'm not immediately persuaded. One of the things <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_L._Rice" rel="nofollow">Connie Rice</a> stressed when we were meeting with her before the release of her <a href="http://www.advancementprojectca.org/index.php?q=/c/resource/sc/up_call_to_action" rel="nofollow">gang report</a> was that while homicide was at an all-time low, youth homicide figures had not budged. It's worth figuring out the dissonance between the crime drop and the gang problem, but I don't think poverty pimping is the most accurate explanation. I’m not immediately persuaded. One of the things Connie Rice stressed when we were meeting with her before the release of her gang report was that while homicide was at an all-time low, youth homicide figures had not budged. It’s worth figuring out the dissonance between the crime drop and the gang problem, but I don’t think poverty pimping is the most accurate explanation.

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