"Criminologist David M. Kennedy’s strategy for reducing gang violence has dramatically reduced youth homicide rates nationwide. In his new memoir, Don’t Shoot, Kennedy outlines how community meetings and interventions have worked to curb youth violence in more than 70 cities."
I was as impressed with this guy’s attitude as much as I was with his experience. You won’t find a better guru on the dangers and institutional disfunctions in the lives of the urban poor.