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Originally Posted by willravel
Still, having harsh punishments for gang violence could help too, though I've not seen the hard data on deterrence.
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I can't say how much it's affected violence in the short term, but high school gang recruiting is down since they started cracking down and handing out minimums of 20 in state and 10 in federal for gang-related crimes. They're also putting more money into community programs, which isn't hurting, either