A Theory for Reducing Crime
May 25, 2009
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Tracey Meares was the lead researcher on an intervention that helped slash homicide and recidivism rates by about a third on Chicago’s violence-ridden West Side. The program avoided much of the police–community antagonism that plagues many efforts to lower crime. because Meares, a professor at Yale Law School, put into practice her academic theory, which focuses not on why people break the law, but on why people obey it.
At a recent talk, Meares discussed the Chicago intervention and a new national effort to scale up interventions like hers across the country.
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