Report: Locking Up Gang Members Doesn't Work

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	Report: Locking Up Gang Members Doesn't Work

jklugman

7-18-2007 2:58 PM

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7-18-2007 9:38 PM

willhelm

I guess I'll have to rethink the death penalty.

7-19-2007 9:52 AM

BobbyRutan

There are 3 types of controls you can put in place in any system. Preventive, Detective, or Corrective. Preventive is always the best and most effective.

I am hardly surprised intervention has proved to be better than waiting for the crimes to happen and then locking up teenagers with hardened criminals.

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