Facing record-breaking violence, the city of Louisville is desperate for a new way to combat violent crime. Old tropes about 'poverty' and 'root causes' have gotten the city nowhere. In the last half decade the city has seen its average homicide rate triple, with rapid climes since 2016. Enter David Kennedy. A criminologist, David Kennedy is the architect behind the idea of Group Violence Intervention. What is that? It presents cities, and the groups within them, a mental framework on combatting violent crime. Hear more about the ideas around on today's podcast with Professor Kennedy.