Abstract. Gun violence is the most pressing public safety problem in American cities. We report results from a randomized controlled trial (N = 2,456) of a comm

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    Whaaaaat?!? Effective therapy works??? Wtf I call bullshit no way. Just beat and arrest them like the good ol days and let the system continue to work like it has been.

    But for real, how tf has it taken this long to treat humans as humans. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. I know I know, money and power, but can we act and think fucking civilized already? Do the powers that be really need a study to find out that humanizing people actually helps?

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      1 year ago

      Studies are easier to beat people over the head with. A rolled up journal hurts more than an opinion column.

      Additionally, they have stats on exactly how much money the program saved. Good to be able to pitch a social program making the county/state/country money.