Transforming Crime Prevention in Baltimore

This chapter explores Baltimore's innovative strategies for reducing crime through community engagement and a public health lens. It highlights the shift from punitive measures to collaboration with social services, while also addressing the emergence of the Abundance movement and its complex ideological roots.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop

- Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals

- ICE Partners with Israeli Phone Hacking Spyware

- Recognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. Dana El Kurd

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #33

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Sources/Links:

It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10567-025-00534-6#Sec9

https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-homicides-drop-WTR3QQN7LRGFXOVCGAAMNYMUBE/

https://theconversation.com/data-driven-early-intervention-strategies-could-revolutionize-phillys-approach-to-crime-prevention-258756

https://genius.com/Freeway-what-we-do-lyrics

https://www.baltimorepolice.org/about/baltimore-police-crime-plan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/baltimore-violent-crime-trump

Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals

https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundance-harris?ref=newintermag.com

https://newintermag.com/abundance-big-techs-bid-for-the-democratic-party/#fn16