Be sure to answer at least one, or both, of the questions below in your response to the prompt. Explain your reasoning so that your peers will have an opportunity to respond to your ideas.

Police and prosecutors tend to have the most trouble finding witnesses in cases involving domestic violence, gangs, or drugs.

Why might witnesses in those cases avoid coming forward?
Instead of working on a case-by-case basis to convince one witness to testify, how could police encourage more witnesses to testify in general?