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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do young black men commit nearly all of the violent crimes in DC?  [b]What's wrong with them??[/b][/quote]

Poverty. 90%+ of the poor in DC happen to be black. And it's the poor who commit crimes (that get caught).

Same reason why in West Virginia most of the crime is committed by poor, low educated, and often addicted white folks.

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Also, the vicious cycle of crime. Kid grows up without a dad, lacks supervision, gets in with the wrong crowd, looking for a sense of belonging. Gets into small theft and selling drugs like his friends. Gets more daring. Commits bigger crimes, sells harder drugs. Gets caught. Gets slammed with a felony conviction at age 18. Serves some jail time. Gets hardened in prison. No rehabilitation offered. With a felony, can't find a job, can't get on welfare...goes back to crime. This issue really needs to be addressed by our society if we are ever going to break the cycle.[/quote]

Know what drastically cuts recidivism rates?

-the original Project Exile, created by Tim Kaine when he was mayor of Richmond.  But the key provision was:

-incarcerate the offender AT LEAST 50 miles from their home.  Suddenly, the offenders are not sharing a cell block with people they know from their own neighborhood.  Suddenly, they don't get weekly visits from their mommas or their babies mommas.

Suddenly prison seems a lot more like punishment.  THEN they realize that they no longer want to victimize innocent people once they are released- because they don't want to go back to prison.[/quote]

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