How This Non-Profit Massively Reduced Violent Crime by Treating it Like a Virus

Could there be a connection between our approach to the Covid-19 pandemic and violent crime in our communities? The answer requires a shift in worldview, and the ability to see violence not as a moral issue, but as a contagious disease that needs to be cured.
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  • @vicke126
    @vicke1263 жыл бұрын

    This deserves a Nobel peace price..

  • @kingsavage2272
    @kingsavage22723 жыл бұрын

    Seeing this kind of stuff works really gets me seeing a better future

  • @MrMisanthrope_
    @MrMisanthrope_3 жыл бұрын

    Violence begets violence.

  • @abwannabe88
    @abwannabe883 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video how this relates to prisons in Finland. Awesome video and channel

  • @TreesPlease42
    @TreesPlease423 жыл бұрын

    Police don't fix crime -- social support systems do. Redistributing some funds from police to social support systems should show a relative decline in crime rates.

  • @deutschlandbrauchtmehrausl2214

    @deutschlandbrauchtmehrausl2214

    3 жыл бұрын

    Police are white supremacists a majority of them are white and need to be defunded completely, a social system would fair much better.

  • @jacobmatthews6527

    @jacobmatthews6527

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deutschlandbrauchtmehrausl2214 "Police are white supremacists" How do you figure that? "a majority of them are white" In majority-white nations that is not surprising. "and need to be defunded completely," How do you stop already violent aggressors? Social workers? "a social system would fair much better." What do you base this claim on?

  • @deutschlandbrauchtmehrausl2214

    @deutschlandbrauchtmehrausl2214

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jacobmatthews6527 Its obvious and clear that a social worker would be much better in deescalating violent situations. Cops are white supremacists and that is a fact based on how they behave like Neo-Nazi groups socially. “Majority white nation” Thankfully only 30% of kids under 15 are fully white.

  • @jacobmatthews6527

    @jacobmatthews6527

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@deutschlandbrauchtmehrausl2214 "Its obvious and clear that a social worker would be much better in deescalating violent situations." I specifically used the phrase "already violent". Social workers may do impressive work, but they do not possess forcefields that stop bullets or knives. Even if social workers were to be deployed, they would still need to be escorted by police for their own protection. "Cops are white supremacists and that is a fact based on how they behave like Neo-Nazi groups socially." Could you be more specific? Which behaviours? How prevalent are those behaviours? How have you determined those behaviours stem from white supremacist ideas? "Thankfully only 30% of kids under 15 are fully white." 1. That does not change the fact that majority-white police forces are expected in majority-white countries. 2. Your use of the word "thankfully" makes it seem you are a racist. Just know that I noticed that.

  • @firstname405

    @firstname405

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jacobmatthews6527 Deutch's comment about the US police industry being a white supremacist institution is an objective fact. It's in the definition.

  • @jojo_beans
    @jojo_beans3 жыл бұрын

    This is great. Thanks for putting it together and sharing it.

  • @SAMJ2095
    @SAMJ2095 Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. I wish America didn't invest so much money into our prison/legal system. I see this as a goal that could be accomplished in a couple of years ideally. I mean if you really think about it people are dying daily for gods sake. This could save countless lives but as they said we're so invested in punishing violence instead of treating it that it's getting us nowhere.

  • @sp00nesis
    @sp00nesis3 жыл бұрын

    I don't want totally poo poo something that has been shown to have great results, but I don't think this framework covers the entirety of violence. I believe for long term success, including economic solutions would go the last mile. If a group of people are having a hard time making ends meet, violence can be a tool to try and alleviate some of that hardship. Is it a good tool? No, it is most certainly an overall bad one, cause as stated in the video it just continues to hurt the community as a whole, by violence creating more violence. This hypothetical means there will likely be a certain % that just continue to use violence in this way due to poor opportunities, despite the great and wonderful efforts by so many. Pushed long enough within that economic depression/repression, individuals utilizing violence as a tool for alleviating said hardship will no doubt point out the hypocrisy of those getting paid to say "calm down" to those who think/feel they cannot afford to calm down because they feel the opportunities afforded to them don't allow a way out of it. I fear, over enough time, the very real merits of the system they are implementing here will be eroded/challenged by the fact people still feel trapped in their economic hardships. That said, maybe they ARE keenly aware of this, and just didn't talk about it in the video, because frankly the economics issue in this country is a HUGE systemic problem that will require major and massive efforts by all in order to correct them. I'm curious how they deal with that issue, as I'm sure it comes up.

  • @fdagpigj

    @fdagpigj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Direct violence is almost always ultimately driven by poverty, or an otherwise unjust and nonunderstanding society. It is unfortunate that in these many cases where people turn to violence because of their desperation, they almost always target their peers. The only valid target would be the owning class, because their greed is what directly causes the poverty of others. However in these dire situations that people find themselves in, they are often driven to only think for their own survival, rather than the survival of their community. The only way for justice to come out of this is if any violence that does happen is directed towards the owning class, but that will require furthering mutual understanding, education, empathy and the fulfillment of the basic necessities of individual survival. Some of these, this programme does help with.

  • @PogieJoe
    @PogieJoe3 жыл бұрын

    I'm really blown away by this idea. I think I'm going to have to learn more about it.

  • @Sleepteiner
    @Sleepteiner3 жыл бұрын

    This is a very interesting approach to reducing violence. Its success so far makes me very hopeful for the future. Thank you for making this video!

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek3 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing!

  • @KGisthename
    @KGisthename3 жыл бұрын

    God bless you Gary

  • @PhysicsPolice
    @PhysicsPolice3 жыл бұрын

    3:12 It's not compelling that the same power laws are seen in disparate data sets. I think his conclusion is correct (violence is contagious) but this supporting argument has no scientific value.

  • @PhysicsPolice

    @PhysicsPolice

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zUJ7EjVD illustrative rather than evidential? Okay. It illustrates a stupid thought process that has no scientific value.

  • @neaituppi7306
    @neaituppi73062 жыл бұрын

    Going from the opening of this video. I thought it would take a less linear angle on violence. It looked like it would address how people are manipulated to violence. But it then descends into largely gang violence in poverty stricken areas. Violence isn't a disease, it is a tool of manipulation. It isn't a disease that minorities in cities suffer from. What of the cop that shoots an unarmed black man, or stomps down on their neck until they die? Is that a disease, or is that events of western society that manipulate the cop into believing that is justified. What of the ex-president, that spitefully manipulates followers to storm the capitol, 5 people die, and he gets cleared of any responsibility, as he always does with any charge. What of all the violence he incited/manipulated while in office. Manipulating protest groups to violence, then saying, "See, they are the bad guys, they are terrorists!" Manipulating supporters to violence as well. When soldiers go to war, under some idea, which may or may not be the actual reason, to kill people of another country, they never met and really have no idea who they actually are, and vice versa with those people. Both sides have been manipulated into believing the other side are the evil ones Violence is a tool of manipulation, to distract people from evolving.

  • @ipadair7345

    @ipadair7345

    2 жыл бұрын

    agreed

  • @raraavis7782
    @raraavis77823 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. Makes me hopeful, that at least there is an approach, that has a noticeable and undeniable effect on this particular type/cause of violence. Maybe the title isn't ideal, though, since I at least, rather expected a video linking violence to mental illness from it. Just mentioning it, because I can see, that it hasn't gotten a great many views, so far. Maybe something a little more 'clickbaity' would be in order, to attrakt more attention from potential viewers.

  • @Laezar1

    @Laezar1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Something probably worth mentioning is that people suffering from mental illness are more often the victim of violence than the ones being violent.

  • @ipadair7345
    @ipadair73452 жыл бұрын

    comment to boost the algorithm

  • @djkb125
    @djkb1253 жыл бұрын

    Watching this brought me to tears. Defending the police doesn't mean you want anarchy. These folks are doing REAL good work. They must feel so proud.

  • @firstname405

    @firstname405

    3 жыл бұрын

    Defunding* (in case an onlooker didn't understand) Fully agree! This is true violence prevension. The police industry often exacerbates violence rather than preventing or solving. Fantastic documentary

  • @MrZenerTech
    @MrZenerTech3 жыл бұрын

    This is great. But.. This story mentions multiple times critical violence makers such as police violence & shootings & bullshit incarceration. However, it says nothing about any solutions for these problems. While addressing community violence is absolutely a nobel & worthy endeavor, something _MUST BE DONE_ about police violence and the miserable injustices of our judicial system. -- Of which I, like countless others, have been, & continue to be, a victim on many occasions. If the system continues to fail me, then why should I reward the system with cooperation and benevolence? I didn't start the fire. I certainly _DID NOT_ keep the fire going by trying to be a "good citizen" for so many years while being treated like garbage.

  • @entertainme121

    @entertainme121

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much see it the same way. Violence is only the reaction. The root, the cause of that effect must be addressed. The failure of the system. The social injustice and the disempowerment of men/community. Violence is not the issue. The scales of justice balance on the sword. The problem is the monopolisation of violence by one gang. People inherently dislike the fact that the modern system has taken away your right to self-empowerment and self-defense. To enforce the rules of YOUR community the way YOUR community likes it. No, the secular system brings in outsiders dressed in tactical clothing to beat you into submission. Of course there's going to be discontent. If anyone has a problem with it, the justice system is supplied with people trained in the demonic arts of lies, manipulation and deception to act as "judges" for us, because our ever expanding law libraries, swelling and stretching at the seams - each loophole being speedily plugged with a new chapter, each chapter creating three more loopholes! This ungodly behemoth body of legal nonsense can only be navigated by a trained professional, so we appoint these lawyers (after they finish their "devil-ing") as the highest source of procuring fairness in our crumbling fragmenting social-withdrawing society. What could go wrong? The new system will see power restored to each individual community the way that community sees fit, provided they remain within the confines of Gods law. Until that time comes, stay at home.

  • @JohnSmith-lb6ww

    @JohnSmith-lb6ww

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wytys fault

  • @bellapoof8255
    @bellapoof82553 жыл бұрын

    5:30 from the inside out. Because it worked

  • @yoavsnake
    @yoavsnake3 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @8linck8
    @8linck83 жыл бұрын

    You didn't consider talking to criminologists more?

  • @firstname405

    @firstname405

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a point you would like to share with us?

  • @RhizometricReality
    @RhizometricReality3 жыл бұрын

    This is a very individualistic portraying of violence

  • @FilledCircle

    @FilledCircle

    3 жыл бұрын

    To an extent, but that's kind of the point. It's about ending chains of violence. The Cure Violence movement and the Interrupters work on huge numbers of individual cases. It's a whole network of people who all work on individual issues. Stating that this is an individualistic portrayal is like stating that doctors and hospitals are individualistic portrayals of disease.

  • @RhizometricReality

    @RhizometricReality

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FilledCircle this fails to address systemic and economic violences

  • @TheGoodStuff

    @TheGoodStuff

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RhizometricReality you’re right - this doesn’t address systemic and economic issues, which contribute to the violence these guys are trying to prevent. However, complex problems need to be approached from multiple angles, and this is one of them.

  • @RhizometricReality

    @RhizometricReality

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGoodStuff this is the most covered issue tho. Everyone knows interpersonal violence is a problem. And there's a whole industry around trying to resolve that, with its own problematic functions.

  • @RhizometricReality

    @RhizometricReality

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGoodStuff Idea channels What is Violence is a great entry point

  • @mtefft
    @mtefft3 жыл бұрын

    Violence is always a choice.

  • @yetzt
    @yetzt3 жыл бұрын

    10:00 "i axed the probation officer" - how did he get away with that?

  • @Hashslingingslasher-
    @Hashslingingslasher-3 жыл бұрын

    No but your videos are.

  • @firstname405

    @firstname405

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trumpanzee 🤡

  • @EugeneAyindolmah
    @EugeneAyindolmah3 жыл бұрын

    How hard is it to figure out that hampering the police is why crime is rising

  • @TreesPlease42

    @TreesPlease42

    3 жыл бұрын

    No one's hampered the police in 50 years. Police take up the majority of most county budgets. Police don't fix crime -- social support systems do. Redistributing some funds from police to social support systems should show a relative decline in crime rates.

  • @yoavsnake

    @yoavsnake

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty hard? This sort of simplification of issues is what gave us the war on terror - which absolutely gave us more terror

  • @MrMisanthrope_

    @MrMisanthrope_

    3 жыл бұрын

    People turns to crime when their needs aren't meant. That why poverty is the biggest predictor of crime.

  • @addisonwarner

    @addisonwarner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Crime has been high

  • @firstname405

    @firstname405

    3 жыл бұрын

    You really thought you did something huh eugene

  • @JohnSmith-lb6ww
    @JohnSmith-lb6ww3 жыл бұрын

    So many ads it's unwatchable, disliked and unsubbed 👎🏼