The Pandemic Has Hindered Many of the Best Ideas for Reducing Violence - The New York Times - 0 views
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Reported crime of nearly every kind has declined this year amid the pandemic. The exception to that has been stark and puzzling: Shootings and homicides are up in cities around the country, perplexing experts who normally expect these patterns to trend together.
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The president and others have blamed protests and unrest, the changing tactics of police, and even the partisan politics of mayors.
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And programs devised to reduce gun violence — and that have proved effective in studies — have been upended by the pandemic. Summer jobs programs were cut this year. Violence intervention workers were barred from hospitals. Group behavioral therapy programs meant to be intimate and in-person have moved, often haltingly, online.
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