I did not join any anti-gang programs at the time, because I felt generally safe cause I did not understand the full scope of the situation. Operation Ceasefire or known as Boston Gun Project, focused precisely on fighting youth gun violence and gang violence. There strategies “are to carry out a comprehensive strategy to apprehend and prosecute offenders who carry firearms, to put others on notice that offenders face certain and serious punishment for carrying illegal firearms, and to prevent youths from following the same criminal path” (Operation Ceasefire, Para 2). In addition, they target high risk youths, serious offenders who are violent. In my opinion, these strategies of Boston Gun Project are very effective. They focused primary on targeting youths who pose a threat to society and they combat it by removing them from streets to prevented future crime. These actions might include removing guns, and actually trying to help youths to reform into function citizens one
I did not join any anti-gang programs at the time, because I felt generally safe cause I did not understand the full scope of the situation. Operation Ceasefire or known as Boston Gun Project, focused precisely on fighting youth gun violence and gang violence. There strategies “are to carry out a comprehensive strategy to apprehend and prosecute offenders who carry firearms, to put others on notice that offenders face certain and serious punishment for carrying illegal firearms, and to prevent youths from following the same criminal path” (Operation Ceasefire, Para 2). In addition, they target high risk youths, serious offenders who are violent. In my opinion, these strategies of Boston Gun Project are very effective. They focused primary on targeting youths who pose a threat to society and they combat it by removing them from streets to prevented future crime. These actions might include removing guns, and actually trying to help youths to reform into function citizens one