Why does the DOJ lowers the means of victims of crime and contraception of crime? -San Diego Union-Tribune

The most recent decision of the Ministry of Justice to hundreds of millions of dollars from groups of groups across the country who work with victims of crime and do critical work that do crime and damage before their occurrence of crime is a tragedy. It will only make communities far less safe and less resilient.

In the past few decades, the country has newly calibrated its criminal justice policy in Knie -Ruck Reactions in Knie -Ruck, even for minor crimes and severe investments in the infrastructure of punishment as for rehabilitation, supporting the community and preventing the crimes. Something like a non-partisan consensus, a rarity in this politically polarized day and age, learned the cost efficiency of investments in institutions such as trauma recreation centers. In gait and weapons intervention. And in the services of the victims of helplines to therapy compensation funds.

These methods have a proven track record: they cost less than prisons and prisons and lead to steeper declines in crime than in the detention of masses. They also build up more resistant communities as soon as survivors of crime and their families receive the instruments in order to navigate the consequences of often life -changing acts of violence.

During the first Trump administration, the Ministry of Justice continued to distribute grants for programs in these areas and showed an understanding of the importance of thinking outside the plate when it came to fighting strategies. The 2017-2021 administration approach on these topics that make the developments of the past week particularly worrying, there was pragmatism for the 2017-2021 administration. The lessons that are apparently absorbed by Trump 1.0 are more cavalized by leading Trump 2.0. And if these cuts are not the other way around, the effects on already endangered communities could be profound.

Reuters reported that the DOJ's judicial programs terminated more than 800 million US dollars in grants that had already been promised 365 agencies across the country. Overall, this was almost a quarter of the value of the financing distributed by the office last year. When these cuts come into force, organizations have to dismiss the employees, reduce the services they provide and force the victims to get by with less.

The programs that are on the way to the Hackklotz include those who operate trauma recovery centers, offer services for victims of domestic violence – including a sign language for deaf people and further support for victims with disabilities – and training for police officers who can deal with crime survivors. Large cuts for youth judicial programs and programming for services in prisons are planned. on programs that work with immigrants who are victims of human trafficking; to programs to pursue hate crimes; And consulting services to help victims, safe apartments, access to compensation funds and more. Other cuts are services for children and refugees who are victims of crime. Programs to find paths to limit school shootings. Re -entry support services for young criminals; And cuts in services that are provided by the sacrifices of older abuse.

The revocation of these grants will consider public security considerably – and Conversely, hard-won profits through the use of Outreach workers and early intervention strategies to calm violent districts from coast to coast. The private sector can finance some of these programs, but federal dollars have also proven to be crucial for building these networks. In view of the growing public support for services, these cuts are planned for both victims of crime and for those who have become criminal activities at a young age. The survey of survivors and the general public shows overwhelming support for the provision of more than just less resources for the treatment of mental health and drug abuse, more resources for living space and more resources for trauma recreation centers.

As the survivor of crimes, we only know too well – and too personally – that many victims without an infrastructure of support services become very flounder. Hard power alone did not solve America's problems with a generation in relation to crimes, drugs, mental illnesses and poverty, and there is no evidence that indicate that this could do so today.

In view of the opposition speeds, this administration has reversed many of the guidelines and spending cuts, which it originally trumpets. These cuts to the victim services are also considered a misguided idea after reflection and also placed on one side. That would not be a sign of weakness; Rather, it would signal a sophisticated decision-making process in which the political decision-makers prove that they are able to correct themselves if they are confronted with general evidence that initial decisions-even if they were made for convincing reasons-at least not in the public interest.

Tinisch Hollins is the executive director of Californian's for Safety and Justice, the leading organization for the interests of public security.

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