The Law Enforcement Perspective on Youth Violence

The Bob Woodson Show—What Works and Why continues to focus on the problem of youth violence, always looking for solutions. Bob’s guests are the Milwaukee District Attorney, the Chairman of the Richmond, VA Police Foundation, and the Assistant Chief of Police of Richmond, VA. All three have been leaders in their communities in finding a solution. They talk about the program that is radically reducing youth violence in schools in their cities, and what the impact of it is on the larger community.

Episode Segments:

An Attorney’s View Richmond VA area Attorney Heidi Abbot discusses how her efforts are bringing the police force & community together to combat the problem of youth violence, and how the Violence-Free Zone was introduced to the area.
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A District Attorney’s View Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisolm talks about the problem of youth violence in his community, some of the remedies he is trying for this problem, rather than prosecution and incarceration, and how the Violence Free Zone has affected not only the area schools, but the court system as well.
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The Law Enforcement Perspective David M. McCoy, Assistant Chief of Police for Richmond, Virginia talks about the problems of youth violence in his area’s school system, some techniques they had previously tried to combat the problem, and the effectiveness of the violence-free zone since they introduced it.
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