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Violent crime has risen in Colorado, and that fact figures to be a defining feature of the 2022 election season and the state’s upcoming legislative session.
But while the crime rate has drawn widespread and bipartisan concern, there is nothing approaching consensus on how best to fix it. The Denver Post spoke with a dozen politicians, crime experts, law enforcement officials and others, and found that the policy prescription is complex, a long game that involves structural reforms to take people out of the states of desperation that can catalyze criminal behavior.
To the extent a singular boogeyman exists, the Democrats leading Colorado state government seem to agree, it is underinvestment in areas proven to help prevent crime in the first place — living wages, behavioral health supports, education, community-building programs.
The problem for policymakers is that those structural items aren’t easily or quickly reformed.
— Full story via Alex Burness, Denver Post reporter
How to address Colorado’s violent crime increase? It’s more complicated than many want it to be.
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