Guest column: Crime is a symptom, not a sickness
Jared Barnett
Jared Barnett is the CEO of Slingshot Memphis and a former management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is passionate about combining analytical rigor with his desire to help others through transformative solutions that improve the quality of peoples' lives. A transplant to Memphis, Jared and his family of six children have put their roots down here.
Focusing on crime won’t solve the problem, it is simply putting Band-Aids on bullet holes. Crime is just a symptom of much deeper, systemic issues that create inequitable outcomes and a lack of hope.
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