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Is gang activity on the rise? A movement to abolish gang databases makes it hard to tell

  • Written by David Pyrooz, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

President Donald Trump has frequently spoken about dangerous gang members from MS-13 “infesting” the United States.

It’s important to be able to confirm or debunk those statements. But a movement among criminal justice reformers may make that more difficult. Some are calling to abolish databases containing the identities of...

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