Would the police do more harm than good in gang violence?

But it remains in dispute whether high rates of police stops, criminal summonses and aggressive low-level arrests reduce serious crime. Police officers target their efforts at areas where crime is anticipated and/or where they expect enforcement will be most effective. read more

While the legal considerations are important to opponents, there's also a sense that injunctions simply do more to harm young people in the community by branding them. Some may dress in ways that make them look like gang members to police, while others may have been involved in gangs in the past but have since settled down, activists say. read more

But a person’s police-documented gang affiliation will no longer be a factor in determining his or her score, Guglielmi said. Critics worry that keeping any such lists, though, will do more harm than good if not monitored closely enough. read more

With gun violence dominating national conversation in the US, it's not surprising that a spate of crisis management and security firms have cropped up, promising to help train and educate employees and employers. read more