- Repairing homes in low-income neighborhoods reduces crime, including homicide. Philadelphia homeowners received a $20,000 grant to make structural repairs; a difference-in-differences analysis shows a ~22% reduction in total crime on treated blocks (n=13,632) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2782142 1080 comments science
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- Opinion | To Combat Gun Violence, Clean Up the Neighborhood - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/gun-violence-biden-philadelphia.html?referringsource=articleshare 21 comments
- 2020 FBI data shows spike in murders across the country. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/2020-fbi-data-shows-spike-in-murders-across-the-country.html 12 comments