USA Today: Can you change how criminals think? Chicago hopes behavioral therapy can cut gun violence

From USA Today — August 7, 2018

CHICAGO – The day’s group therapy session for the young detainees at the county jail started with their behavioral health specialist testing them with a hypothetical scenario: They’ve cheated on a girlfriend and the other woman is pregnant.

The participants – all facing serious charges and picked for the jail’s intensive therapy program because they’re deemed a high risk of getting caught in Chicago’s intractable gun violence once they leave custody – bristled at a push for honest talk.

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