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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456060403321

Titolo

Reducing gun violence [[electronic resource] ] : results from an intervention in East Los Angeles / / George Tita ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2003

ISBN

0-8330-3613-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (77 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TitaGeorge

Disciplina

364.4/09794/94

Soggetti

Violent crimes - California - Los Angeles - Prevention

Juvenile delinquency - California - Los Angeles - Prevention

Firearms and crime - California - Los Angeles

Gangs - California - Los Angeles

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the National Institute of Justice."

"MR-1764-NIJ"--cover p. [4].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (p. 53-56).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One; REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN URBAN AREAS; Chapter Two; IMPLEMENTING THE HOLLENBECK INITIATIVE; DESIGNING THE INITIATIVE; IMPLEMENTING THE INTERVENTION; INTENDED AND ACTUAL INTERVENTION; Chapter Three; EVALUATING THE INITIATIVE; DIMENSIONS AND EFFECTS; METHODOLOGY; EFFECTS IN BOYLE HEIGHTS AND THE REMAINDER OF HOLLENBECK; EFFECTS IN THE TARGETED REPORTING DISTRICTS AND THE REMAINDER OF BOYLE HEIGHTS; EFFECTS IN THE TARGETED REPORTING DISTRICTS AND A MATCHED GROUP OF HOLLENBECK CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS

ASSESSING MODEL ASSUMPTIONS OTHER ANALYSES; Chapter Four; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE ADAPTATIONS; OVERALL EFFECTS OF THE INITIATIVE; WHAT WORKED; WHAT COULD HAVE WORKED BETTER; RECOMMENDATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los Angeles area for a similar intervention that was to



include both law enforcement and social service components. Although the latter component was not widely available when the intervention began, researchers found that the intervention helped reduce violent and gang crime in the targeted districts and that crime also decreased in surrounding communities.