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Baltimore slashed youth homicides by 83% last summer by ditching heavy policing and instead deploying violence interruption teams—school staff and community workers who engage teens, offer safe alternatives, and connect them to jobs and mental health care. While other cities like Detroit and D.C. lean on curfews and parental penalties, Chicago is studying Baltimore’s model, pairing community outreach with summer jobs and recreation to keep kids off the streets and out of trouble.

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