Don't Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America

by David M. Kennedy and David M. Kennedy

Book Overview

"Part jeremiad, part gripping crime thriller,"* Don't Shoot is David M. Kennedy's chronicle of his decades-long crusade to solve one of America's most pressing and shameful social problems. Kennedy, who engineered the "Boston Miracle" in the 1990s, cutting youth homicide by two-thirds at the height of the crack epidemic, reveals the history and the strategy behind his commonsense yet revolutionary approach to ending crime. He has refined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608194140
• ISBN13: 9781608194148
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"