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Laura Jones discusses solutions to gang violence with Senator Ross Romero and John Florez.

Florez says in order to curb gang violence there needs to be less focus on treatment of individuals and more focus on suppression of crime. He is also in favor of stronger sanctions for first-time offenders.

Democratic Senator Ross Romero, who represents District 7 in Salt Lake City, says expanding educational opportunities for youth is another key to curbing gang violence.

"Education is key to this. Keeping these youth in the elementary schools, junior high, in high school, and on to college, is very much a part of the solution. But we also need to recognize that we need to have opportunities," says Romero. "If an individual doesn't see themselves having an opportunity for their future, then it is I think more easy for them to be enticed by a life of crime."

1 Comments:

 bless said...

I am new visitor of this site. I like this article. It is very helpful to everyone. It tells about gang issues. In my view the gang issues are also related to individuals. If a man is individually perfect then his gang is also good. That means all the individual characters are reflects to his or her friends or relatives.

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Bless
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7/24/2008 6:06 AM  

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