Black flight!
Jan. 17th, 2006 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdwatcherThe suburbs aren't what they used to be--they're not a haven away from gangs and violence," said Arthur Lurigio, a criminologist at Loyola University Chicago.
A combination of factors, including an exodus of criminals from the city because of greater law enforcement pressure against drug dealing, appears to have driven the recent upsurge in the south suburbs and elsewhere.
Other gang members have fled the city because of the increasing cost of living there.
"I've got kids' parents coming up to me now saying they are afraid to have their kids come to school," Circuit Judge Michael Stuttley said.
A combination of factors, including an exodus of criminals from the city because of greater law enforcement pressure against drug dealing, appears to have driven the recent upsurge in the south suburbs and elsewhere.
Other gang members have fled the city because of the increasing cost of living there.
"I've got kids' parents coming up to me now saying they are afraid to have their kids come to school," Circuit Judge Michael Stuttley said.
