Well lets see, if we look at the neighborhoods and communities where most of this crime exists we can see several things:
- single parent families living in/near poverty
- many children conceived/born without any thought of marrying the father
- absent fathers, even when it is clear who the father is, the father takes no/minimal parental role
- high rates of teen pregnancy
- minimal opportunity for gainful employment
- high population density
- lack of community feeling
- high levels of tolerance of social deviants
- high levels of tolerance of drug use
- high levels of tolerance of pre-marital & extra-marital sexual relations
- low levels of respect for police authority and a high distrust of police
- low levels of respect or aspiration for education exist.
Basically what is described by this list is a society and moral breakdown where near anarchy exists allowing the powerful to prowl the streets and force the weak to live in fear. Where economic opportunities are few because most with means refuse to invest in those communities out of fear. Where self esteem of women & respect for women is very low. Where education is undervalued, and consequently education opportunities provided are often destroyed by the inhabitants.
The only way to fix it is to change the mindsets of these people, because they are the ones who control their destiny.