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Cheat Sheet. What you won't be able to avoid, what you should see--and what you should skip...
...have ever wondered just how hard it is for kids from broken neighborhoods to avoid prison, a glance at data compiled by the Justice Mapping Center gives an easy answer: it's even harder than you might think...
...does this matter? Because, say Eric Cadora and Charles Swartz, who run the Justice Mapping Center, if you can pinpoint the few-block area that produces the most criminals, you can create programs that specifically target the problems of the people who live there and help them avoid the behaviors that land them in jail. That, in return, could save millions of dollars. New York State spends $42,000 an inmate a year. Multiply that by the number of prisoners who grew up on the same streets in parts of Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn, and you get what Cadora...
...sometimes! I, too, hit my face on occasion while eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! Pretzels are delicious! How can I be sure that I won’t be mistaken for a creeper, like you were?” Luckily for you, it really is not hard to avoid the label of a “suspicious person...
...professional historian, I always emphasize to my students that we study history in order to understand people–that we may use that understanding to make a better world by repeating courses of action which historically have resulted in good effects, and taking measures to avoid those that have resulted in tragedy. We do not study history in order to blame contemporary people for the actions of others who lived in the past. This not only constitutes an inappropriate and unprofessional use of history as an academic discipline, but furthermore violates the basic precept of human justice that...