You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

- Carrie P. Meek

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violenc…

- Carrie P. Meek

Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's …

- Carrie P. Meek

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.

- Carrie P. Meek

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.

- Carrie P. Meek