NNSC’s data-driven, cross-sector approach to focused deterrence is grounded in decades of empirical research . Our experts advisors can help your jurisdiction with the following:
- Analyze data to identify key drivers of serious violence for adults and youth, as well as the broader dynamics of and relationships between types of serious violence;
- Identify serious violence problems, address key drivers of violence and drive significant reduction in violent crime;
- Build a strong multilateral partnership between social service providers, local law enforcement, and community leaders (e.g., families, faith-based organizations’ leadership, street outreach workers, neighborhood associations, credible messengers, etc.);
- Deliver focused services, community resources, and direct anti-violence messaging to youth and adults at greatest risk to be involved in, exposed to, or victimized by violence;
- Increase community’s capacity to sustain successful implementation of comprehensive, evidence-based crime reduction strategies, including interagency communication and coordination, data collection, analysis and improved community relations;
- Use enforcement strategically and sparingly to minimize unintended harm of the criminal justice system.
Stand alone Problem Analysis
Understanding the drivers of violence is essential for any community designing a violence prevention strategy. Whether your jurisdiction is planning to implement a focused deterrence strategy or not, NNSC can lead a Problem Analysis to assess the facts on the ground (i.e., who and what are driving serious violence). Our findings will identify the strategies that would best address the problem. This process includes qualitative and quantitative data gathering and a series of discussions with frontline law enforcement in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of serious violence in your jurisdiction. It is essential to for every jurisdiction that wants to address violence to begin here for several reasons, most notably because law enforcement information is often captured in a way that is more useful for prosecution than for prevention, and conversations often occur in silos that fail to provide a full picture of who and what drives the most serious violence, or how best to intervene. However, through this series of collaborative data discussions, NNSC will work with local partners to generate a clear, comprehensive understanding of serious crime and violence in selected neighborhoods or municipalities–including the extent to which factors like IPV, drug transactions, robberies, and more are involved. The Problem Analysis is led by NNSC staff with expertise addressing several types of violence in jurisdictions across the world. NNSC will share a report that details the analysis findings and presents concrete, actionable recommendations to address serious violence across the broader public safety ecosystem, including street outreach and hospital-based violence intervention strategies. Your jurisdiction can choose to have a standalone Problem Analysis before deciding which strategies are the best fit.
Full Focused Deterrence Implementation
It is essential to for every jurisdiction that wants to address violence to begin here for several reasons, most notably because law enforcement information is often captured in a way that is more useful for prosecution than for prevention, and conversations often occur in silos that fail to provide a full picture of who and what drives the most serious violence, or how best to intervene. However, through this series of collaborative data discussions, NNSC will work with local partners to generate a clear, comprehensive understanding of serious crime and violence in selected neighborhoods or municipalities–including the extent to which factors like IPV, drug transactions, robberies, and more are involved. The Problem Analysis is led by NNSC staff with expertise addressing several types of violence in jurisdictions across the world. NNSC will share a report that details the analysis findings and presents concrete, actionable recommendations to address serious violence across the broader public safety ecosystem, including street outreach and hospital-based violence intervention strategies. Your jurisdiction can choose to have a standalone Problem Analysis before deciding which strategies are the best fit.
What are the results of focused deterrence?
Who from your jurisdiction will be involved?
Success of every focused deterrence strategy relies on the strength of the “three-legged stool” of multilateral partnership: (e.g., families, faith-based organizations’ leadership, street outreach workers, neighborhood associations, formerly group-involved individuals, etc.). This tripartite partnership is both critically important and the greatest challenge of focused deterrence. People from disparate backgrounds, often with competing priorities, must work together in non-traditional ways towards a single goal: reducing serious violence in their community. NNSC’s vast experience has shown that the most effective partnerships leverage both consistent support from NNSC’s expert strategic advisors and collaborative peer learning opportunities.
Be a part of NNSC's Network!
Over decades of successful advising, NNSC has built an international community of practice with expertise in each component of not only GVI, but also other innovations. NNSC regularly engages this community through peer site visits, distance learning, and collaborative workshops to promote effective strategic implementation, advancement, and sustainability across partner jurisdictions. We also provide opportunities for jurisdictions to learn from this community. We convene experts from active jurisdictions to share knowledge of core operational issues such as strategic law enforcement, police legitimacy, support and outreach to active offenders, governance and institutionalization, and other essential areas. Peers within this community assist each another with specific problem solving and both developing and sharing best practices in violence prevention. Every jurisdictions that participates in a full implementation automatically becomes part of NNSC’s Network. However, if your jurisdiction is not yet ready for a full implementation, you can still choose to become a member and have the opportunity to learn from the larger community.
