For decades our approach to crime has been based on a fallacy. The notion is quite simple: Arresting and prosecuting people for minor, so-called “quality-of-life” offenses prevents major — and often violent — crimes, such as shootings and homicides.
Susan Sherman and Saba Rouhani coauthored the piece at The Baltimore Sun.
American approach to crime based on a myth [Opinion]
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