May 31, 2018
Kalamazoo police say focus on group violence reduces shootings
Less than half of one percent of Kalamazoo residents are involved in more than half of the city’s homicides and shootings. People who disproportionately…
Less than half of one percent of Kalamazoo residents are involved in more than half of the city’s homicides and shootings. People who disproportionately…
Baton Rouge law enforcement, community and human services leaders met Wednesday with academics from the National Network for Safe Communities, beginning a partnership aimed at decreasing youth gang violence and domestic violence in the capital city. Representatives from the New York-based John Jay College of Criminal Justice shared their violence intervention framework, hoping to jump-start the
Baton Rouge law enforcement, community and human services leaders met Wednesday with academics from the National Network for Safe Communities, beginning a partnership aimed at…
In this opinion piece for the New York Times, Tina Rosenberg highlights the NNSC's group violence prevention work across jurisdictions. In Pittsburgh, homicides hit a 12-year low in 2017; the mayor credited Ceasefire. Detroit’s homicide rate hit a 50-year low in 2017. Its police chief, James Craig, said in an interview that the city had started
In this opinion piece for the New York Times, Tina Rosenberg highlights the NNSC’s group violence prevention work across jurisdictions. In Pittsburgh, homicides…
Through Tuesday afternoon, the city had seen 14 non-fatal shootings in 2018, Cmdr. Joseph said, compared to 31 through the same period last year — a 55 percent decrease. He attributes the decline to the bureau’s Group Violence Intervention [GVI], a strategy that aims to reduce gang-related gun violence by targeting the city’s most violent
Through Tuesday afternoon, the city had seen 14 non-fatal shootings in 2018, Cmdr. Joseph said, compared to 31 through the same period last…
Helfrich said York City residents need to understand that GVI isn't a short-term program. It's how the city will be doing business from now on. “We will be wherever the violence is,” Helfrich said. “We will be there with all the services we can provide — and all the enforcement we can provide. Our mission hasn't changed.”
Helfrich said York City residents need to understand that GVI isn’t a short-term program. It’s how the city will be doing business from…
An important new meta-analysis of 24 focused deterrence implementations—in particular, the National Network’s Group Violence Intervention and Drug Market Intervention—was published in Criminology & Public Policy. The systematic review, led by Professors Weisburd, Braga, and Turchan, found that focused deterrence strategies “generate noteworthy crime reduction impacts and should be part of a broader portfolio of