I would suggest that you contact Prof. Gary Slutkin, MD, director of
CeaseFire, a community based violence prevention project at the UIC School
of Public Health. He has many years of experience in this area.
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>A public debate has arisen in Western Sydney print media with regard to
>race as a lone predicator of criminality. Such arguments seem to come to
>the fore perennially in the Australian media. In this instance an
>associate professor of law at a prominent Sydney University is claiming,
>among other things, that "People are criminals not because they are poor
>and disadvantaged; they are poor and disadvantaged because they are
>criminals".
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>The associate professor is publicly advocating a reduction of the intake
>African refugees with statements like, "Experience practically everywhere
>in the world tells us that an expanding black population is a sure-fire
>recipe for increases in crime, violence and a wide range of other social
>problems".
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>It is not difficult to rebuff these claims, but I am specifically looking
>for published research that can counter these arguments with a sound,
>scientific basis. Can anyone suggest some good papers to me?
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>Daniel Davidson
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>Health Promotion Officer/ Active Over 50 Project Coordinator
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>Che Guevara, 1960
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