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US Attorney pitches reentry programs for gangs on his way out

Bob Ray Sanders recently interviewed Richard Roper, the outgoing US Attorney for Texas' Northern federal judicial district, who surprised the Startlegram columnist by pitching:a gang prevention and intervention program that he hopes doesn?t disappear once he is gone.It is true that Republicans have a reputation, true or not, of focusing only on enforcement and rarely championing the idea of putting money and other resources into prevention. Even many police officers consider such programs "social work" that they simply don?t want to do.Roper, pointing to studies in front of him conducted by the University of Texas at Arlington, noted he was quite proud of the Dallas/Fort Worth Anti-Gang Initiative for which he received a $2.5 million grant targeted to areas where the crime activity was the worst...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).