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Crime Wave in Oakland as the Incarceration Generation Comes of Age

By Jonathan Simor

Is it just me or does the year 1968 seem to be coming back all around us? An unpopular war bleeds on continents away while a lame duck President solemnly intones his commitment to fight to the last drop. A spectacular primary campaign in the Democratic Party has two progressive senators battling it out through the late spring primaries. Thankfully there is no wave of riots rocking the country, but a crime wave in some parts of the country is roiling urban residents and pushing citizens and politicians toward a potent combination of fear and anger about crime. Oakland, California, along with nearby Berkeley (and other East Bay communities) has been suffering an unsettling wave of violence over the last several years including homicides and armed robberies by very young men...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on April 23, 2008 (boomark / email).