Violent crime as a community health issue: Q & A with Rene Castro

Last year, Long Beach was named by the Centers for Disease Control as one of the country's top five cities for rates of gang violence.  Long Beach residents are 50 percent more likely to become the victim of a violent crime than the state average. Rene Castro, a leader in the city's Building Healthy Communities initiative, thinks that crime as a health issue requires an approach that integrates understanding and interrupting the cultural traditions around gun violence.  "It’s important for us to look at the social norms and laws that are supporting the condition of violence in our communities," said Castro, in an interview with Patrick Moreno of Voicewaves.[youtube=http://youtu.be/tjl0RG4LTO8]