I am not aware of the details of the New York failure or what e.g. caused the 1960 to 2000 murder rate peak. Any way, I think you are correct in that reducing

I am not aware of the details of the New York failure or what e.g. caused the 1960 to 2000 murder rate peak. Any way, I think you are correct in that reducing short term solutions before long term solutions are in effect doesn't play out very well.