CeaseFire

Los Angeles police chief and former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton joins us to share his experiences. During his tenure heading the two largest police departments in the U.S., Bratton has presided over precipitous drops in crime.

Gang violence erupted in cities across the country in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the youth homicide rate skyrocketed along with the crack epidemic. The government attempted to solve the problem by pouring money into strict policing programs, but while the incarceration rate soared, gang members still murdered each other in the streets. […]

How should the United Kingdom combat the violence that’s raged across the country? British Prime Minister David Cameron says the country needs to learn a few lessons from America on how to fight gangs. Tio Hardiman, director of CeaseFire, joins us.

Mark Landler, New York Times White House correspondent has the latest.

We examine the allure of gang membership for Chicago youth with Tim White. White is a youth pastor at the Carroll Care Center in Chicago, a group that aims to keep kids off the streets. But White wasn’t always on the right side of the law.