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Episode 1
The Limits of Justice
Episode 2
Young, Armed and Dangerous
Episode 3
Catching Them Early
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The success of any community meeting will depend in large part on the ability of its organizers to develop clear and measurable objectives for what they hope to achieve. These could include commitments by participants to join forces in support of new local policies and initiatives or to take specific actions that will increase citizen involvement in the daily lives of local kids (either through direct mentoring or the support of programs that provide healthy role models and constructive opportunity for kids). While every community will want and need to craft its own approaches to public safety and youth violence, In Search of Law and Order: Reclaiming America's Kids can provide a universal framework to guide their deliberations.
The objectives of each meeting might include any of the following:
- Achieve a consensus among participants at the meeting regarding specific future actions that they are in fact capable of taking.
- Strengthen coalitions that are designed to influence federal, state or local policies regarding kids and crime.
- Identify community assets available for kids as a first step towards assessing the extent to which they meet actual needs, and making a commitment to ensure the provision of adequate resources.
- Mobilize organizations and recruiting citizens and community leaders in support of comprehensive community-based efforts to enhance public safety. Establish new partnerships between justice agencies and community-based groups.
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