Changing the Game: Stopping Gang Violence
A panel discussion on efforts underway in Los Angeles to curb gang violence

Thursday April 16, 5-7 pm, Harvard University.

Moderator - Christopher Stone, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice and Director, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, and Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management.

Panelists - William J. Bratton, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department; Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Constance L. Rice, Co-Director, the Advancement Project.

In the past ten years, approximately 300 people have died in the state of California due to natural disasters. During the same ten-year period, an astounding 5,752 people, including innocent bystanders, have been killed in Los Angeles County alone as a direct result of gang violence.

The problem has become so severe that epidemiologists and public health experts are starting to see it as a public health disaster that has reached epidemic proportions. Gangs have become a durable feature of inner city life in most major US cities. The current recession and rising unemployment could make this problem even worse.

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