Violence in urban America [[electronic resource] ] : mobilizing a response : summary of a conference / / Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455927003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1994
• ISBN: 0-309-58647-X; 0-585-00232-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (118 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SkolnickJerome H
• Disciplina: 364.150973
• Soggetti: Violence - United States; Violent crimes - United States; Violence - United States - Prevention; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Project sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice.; Committee chairman: Jerome H. Skolnick.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""VIOLENCE IN URBAN AMERICA""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Assumptions and Objectives ""; ""3 Tactics ""; ""Objective 1: Promote a more effective criminal justice response to violence.""; ""Improving Emergency Response""; ""Overcoming Fear of Cooperation with Criminal Justice Authorities""; ""Expanding Intermediate Sanctions and Post-incarceration Aftercare""; ""Making Traditional Responses More Effective""; ""Extending Court Hours""; ""Increasing the Number of Police Officers""; ""Broadening Access to Juvenile Records""; ""Creating Boot Camps""; ""Targeting Gang Leaders""""Initiating Community Meetings""; ""Finding and Fixing Violence Hot Spots""; ""Reclaiming Public Spaces""; ""Adopting Community Policing""; ""OBJECTIVE 3: REDUCE VIOLENCE HAZARDS IN COMMUNITIES.""; ""Controlling Firearms""; ""Reducing ; Violent Gun Uses""; ""Reallocating Guns Away from Juveniles""; ""Reducing the Number of Guns""; ""Reducing the Lethality of Guns""; ""Reducing Alcohol Abuse""; ""Interrupting Illegal Drug Markets""; ""Reducing Other Violence Hazards""; ""Expanding Secure Emergency Shelters for the Homeless""; ""Scattering Public and Assisted Housing""; ""Building Safety and Livability in the Design of Public, Commercial, and Residential Buildings""""Finding and Fixing Open Spaces that Present Hazards for Violence""; ""Setting Up a Demonstration Alternative Dispute Resolution Center Such""; ""Creating an Interagency Violent Death Review Board""; ""Teaching First Aid to Youths""; ""Objective 4: Strengthen supports for children and their families.""; ""Creating Family Resource Centers""; ""Reorienting Child Welfare Services""; ""Creating Full-Service Schools""; ""Developing Other Community Services""; ""Objective 5: Reduce violence in the home, which is both a problem in itself and contributes to violence ...""""Objective 6: Rebuild human and financial capital in communities weakened by violence.""; ""Increasing Human Capital""; ""Linking Individuals to Opportunities""; ""Increasing Financial Capital in Minority Neighborhoods""; ""Objective 7: Promote a prosocial, less violent culture.""; ""Using the ""Bully Pulpit""""; ""Increasing Sensitivity to Negative Stereotypes""; ""Enlisting Celebrities in Antiviolence Campaigns""; ""Publicizing Successes""; ""4 Organizational Issues ""; ""THE COST OF CONTROLLING VIOLENCE""""LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION""; ""NEW INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS""; ""Providing Nonfinancial Assistance to Local Governments""; ""Providing Flexible Financial Assistance to Local Governments""; ""Waiving Categorical Requirements""; ""Establishing City Desks""; ""Integrating Services""; ""Borrowing from Other Delivery Systems""; ""Bringing About Solutions""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX A Violence in Cornet: A Case Study ""; ""PART A: THE PROBLEM""; ""A. THE MURDER OF ANITA WOODS""; ""B. A WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE AND THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE""; ""Six Slain in Weekend Murders Victims Include 3-Year-Old""