In a Desperate Attempt to Find Solutions to the Problem

question 18

True/False

In a desperate attempt to find solutions to the problem of youth gangs, violence, and drugs, law enforcement has embarked on a voyage from the proactive/policing approach of creating and sponsoring new programs with catchy acronyms such as DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) and SANE (Substance Abuse Narcotics Education), to paying gang members to fight crime.

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