A city that pays criminals to behave

Barry Krisberg quoted in Aljazeera America, June 6, 2014

“This culture is fixated on punishment and control as the way in which we deal with crime and other problems. It’s essentially a military solution,” said Barry Krisberg … adding that the city’s high crime rates, historically, are rooted in severe poverty, isolation and dim prospects for growth. “The research has been clear that doesn’t work very well.”