Marc Levin, director of the Center for Effective Justice, presented testimony before the Texas Senate Education Committee regarding Disciplinary Alternative Learning Programs (DAEPs), September 20, 2006.
Public Safety Starts With Solving Crimes, Not Just Reporting Them
When a violent crime is committed, it tends to feel not just unwarranted but random. When a murder, sex crime, or burglary happens, we often ask, “How did this happen?” Even worse is when a violent crime is committed by someone with a violent criminal past. We then demand to know, “How did this happen… again?” ...