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Tackling Urban Violence

How to deal with rising rates of violent crime in cities around the world.

In 2016 the murder rate in the American city of Chicago went up by 50% - there were were 762 killings. That's more killings in Chicago than Los Angeles and New York combined. The fact other cities have far lower levels of violence raises the question - what are they doing right? How have they brought murder rates down? Join Owen Bennett Jones and his panel of experts discussing the social, economic, political and policing issues that lie behind the numbers and the possible solutions to dealing with urban violence.

(Photo: A march in Chicago to commemorate victims of gun violence held on New Year's Eve 2016. Credit: Getty Images)

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50 minutes

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Sat 7 Jan 2017 04:06GMT

Contributors

Karyn McCluskey - Chief Executive of Community Justice Scotland

Nayib Bukele - the Mayor of San Salvador, one of the most violent cities in the world

Rev. Jeffrey Brown - one of the architects of the "Boston Miracle", which significantly reduced youth violence in the city in the mid-90s

Junior Smart - who after spending time in prison set up the SOS Project, an ex-offender led gangs intervention scheme

Garry McCarthy -ΜύformerΜύChicago Police Department Superintendent

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Broadcasts

  • Fri 6 Jan 2017 09:06GMT
  • Fri 6 Jan 2017 12:06GMT
  • Fri 6 Jan 2017 23:06GMT
  • Sat 7 Jan 2017 04:06GMT

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