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...when a few cities experimented with a more formal kind of peer justice. In recent years, the movement has gained momentum, cheered on by police departments and local governments eager for justice that works and does so cost effectively. An entire youth-court trial typically takes less than an hour, including deliberations. Nationally, the program's average cost per case is about $480, according to an American Youth Policy Forum study. Probation, by contrast, costs about $1,635, while the cost of trying a juvenile in criminal court usually ranges from $21,000 to $84,000, according to the study...
...give him up as long as there's a man or a woman left alive in our village." As a precaution, the villagers moved the injured commando out of Gulab's house and hid him in a stable overnight, until it was safe for Gulab to make the six-hour trek down to the U.S. base at Asadabad and report that the SEAL--by then the subject of an intense search--was alive. Sometime later, Gulab went back to his village and then returned to Asadabad with the commando, this time reuniting the wounded and weary SEAL with his jubilant...
...when London's transit system was wracked by four bombs, New York and other U.S. cities responded again with a mighty show of force. The Coast Guard escorted Staten Island ferryboats. The chief of the New York City police department promised there would be an officer on every rush hour subway train "for the foreseeable future." In Washington, cops clutching MP5 submachine guns strode through subway cars, and Capitol police searched tour buses...
Washington is among the first U.S. cities to run crowds of regular people through a mass evacuation. After the July 4 fireworks show, Washington officials tested their evacuation plan by clearing 540,000 people out of the National Mall in an hour. Still, the best defense, according to many security experts, is a civilian offense. Well before the London attacks, many cities had been recruiting riders as watchdogs. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, posters remind passengers in New York City and Los Angeles. Last week Mayor Richard Daley deputized the people of Chicago: "If someone is wearing a winter...
...detonate a bomb with a cell phone. Once we accept that some attacks are inevitable, we can do sensible things to limit the damage and disruption--like using blast-proof glass in buses. Even things like emergency lighting can save lives. In London, it took more than an hour to clear the Underground. Many could not get out of cars or navigate pitch-black tunnels...