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The Law Enforcement Perspective on Youth Violence

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An Attorney’s View

Richmond VA area Attorney Heidi Abbot discusses how her efforts are bringing the police force & community together to combat the problem of youth violence, and how the Violence-Free Zone was introduced to the area.

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A District Attorney’s View

Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisolm talks about the problem of youth violence in his community, some of the remedies he is trying for this problem, rather than prosecution and incarceration, and how the Violence Free Zone has affected not only the area schools, but the court system as well.

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The Law Enforcement Perspective

David M. McCoy, Assistant Chief of Police for Richmond, Virginia talks about the problems of youth violence in his area’s school system, some techniques they had previously tried to combat the problem, and the effectiveness of the violence-free zone since they introduced it.

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