verb (used with object) 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. 2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
Today, the Chicago Police Department is doing something similar with gangs. Using a tool academics call ânetwork analysis,â the CPD is mapping the relationships among Chicagoâs 14,000 most active gang members. Itâs also ranking how likely those people are to be involved in a homicide, either as victims or offenders.
Also because there are more gang related murders the rate of unsolved cases is rising dramatically. In a survery there are 35 percent of solved homicides in Chicago; 22 percent in New Orleans and 21 percent in Detroit. 75 percent of the killings in Philadelphia and 92 percent in Denver along with 94 percent in San Diago.