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Might threat of punishment reduce drug dealing more than punishment itself?

The Wall Street Journal reports that 30 US cities on Monday will announce participation in an anti-crime strategy that IMO has a ton of promise ("Cities join unorthodox crime program," June 13):The initiative, run by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, targets violent crime and open-air drug markets that are the scourge of some communities. The program is potentially controversial because it involves not prosecuting known offenders if they agree to quit their criminal activities. ...Developed by David Kennedy, a criminologist at John Jay College in New York, the crime program combines elements of initiatives run in the 1990s in Boston and in High Point (North Carolina) in 2004 that were credited by authorities with helping reduce youth gang and drug violence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 14, 2009 (boomark / email).