Reddit reviews The City That Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
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In terms of fighting gang violence and reducing levels of violent crime and felony crime this is the WRONG policy. More and more studies/stats are showing that increased police presence and the targeting of violence hot spots and those people exiting and entering them actually works to reduce crime.
In New York City, increased policing (+ targeted policing tactics) has led to an 80% decrease in felony crimes since 1991. This is double what the rest of the U.S.A has seen. Say what you want but this is remarkable.
Source: Read this book. He statistically eliminates plausible variables we all associate with crime (poverty, single parents, education, race, etc...) and concludes that those variables are all exogenous and it's policing that matters.