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Ras Baraka on Crime

 

 


People don't understand crime is a public-health issue

People don't understand crime is a public-health issue. Violence travels like a pathogen; it is infectious. Specific conditions in communities invite crime. If they are addressed, criminal activity can be reduced, even eliminated. There are police officers who will tell you that the same blocks have had the same amount of crime for twenty years. As a government, we need to start asking: What have we been doing in those areas to reduce the violence, besides telling the police to arrest people?
Source: Harper's magazine for 2025 New Jersey Gubernatorial race , Apr 1, 2024

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Doug Steinhardt
Edward Durr
Hirsh Singh
Jack Ciattarelli
Jim McGreevey
Jon Bramnick
Josh Gottheimer
Mikie Sherrill
Phil Murphy
Stephen Sweeney
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Andy Kim
Cory Booker
Curtis Bashaw
George Helmy
Justin Murphy
Robert Menendez
Tammy Murphy

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