David Onek Says San Francisco Homicides Typically Involve Repeat Offenders

San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 2009 by Tyche Hendricks
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“The vast majority of victims and perpetrators have past involvement in the criminal justice system,” said David Onek, director of the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice … who recently completed a study on San Francisco homicides. “Violence in San Francisco is highly concentrated in a small number of places and a small number of people.”