Local law enforcement brings 'New Jersey Strategy' to Minnesota to address gang violence
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State law enforcement officials are trying a new approach to gang violence. The call for coordination came after a string of shootings across the Twin Cities that involved Somali youth. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the new approach is modeled after what’s known as the New Jersey Strategy.
James Densely is a professor at Metropolitan State University who researches gang violence. He joined MPR News host Emily Bright to explain the nearly 20-year-old New Jersey Strategy, what has made the model successful in the past and how it could be applied to the Twin Cities metro area.
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