NCJ Number
141224
Journal
Responsive Community: Rights and Responsibilities Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Dated: (Winter 1992-1993) Pages: 15-25
Date Published
1992
Length
11 pages
Annotation
According to this author, all available research shows that most serious crime in the U.S. is centered in inner-city neighborhoods, a problem inextricably linked to the poverty and isolation of minority citizens who live there. The only reason to urge the new administration to promote crime prevention measures in those neighborhoods is a moral obligation to all of the country's citizens.
Abstract
The author argues that the Federal Government should not only promote security from crime in inner-city communities, but is obliged to stop violating the constitutional rights of the residents by providing the security to life, liberty, and property that is necessary to make these areas flourish. The two primary means by which the Federal Government should promote security in inner-city neighborhoods is through community policing and drug treatment for offenders. The Clinton-Gore presidential campaign pledged to create a 100,000-person National Police Corps to extend community policing to every area, to provide drug treatment for offenders on demand, and to dramatically expand the use of boot camp programs.