03197nam 22006134a 450 991078044630332120230617010832.00-8330-3613-0(CKB)111090529191290(EBL)197451(OCoLC)475901409(SSID)ssj0000234401(PQKBManifestationID)11208119(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234401(PQKBWorkID)10237713(PQKB)11713355(MiAaPQ)EBC197451(Au-PeEL)EBL197451(CaPaEBR)ebr10056153(EXLCZ)9911109052919129020030725d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReducing gun violence[electronic resource] results from an intervention in east Los Angeles /George Tita ... [et al.]Santa Monica, CA Rand20031 online resource (77 p.)"Prepared for the National Institute of Justice.""MR-1764-NIJ"--cover p. [4].0-8330-3475-8 Includes bibliographic references (p. 53-56).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 GROUPSASSESSING MODEL ASSUMPTIONS OTHER ANALYSES; Chapter Four; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE ADAPTATIONS; OVERALL EFFECTS OF THE INITIATIVE; WHAT WORKED; WHAT COULD HAVE WORKED BETTER; RECOMMENDATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHYTo 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.Violent crimesCaliforniaLos AngelesPreventionJuvenile delinquencyCaliforniaLos AngelesPreventionFirearms and crimeCaliforniaLos AngelesGangsCaliforniaLos AngelesViolent crimesPrevention.Juvenile delinquencyPrevention.Firearms and crimeGangs364.4/09794/94Tita George1144280Rand Corporation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780446303321Reducing gun violence3706401UNINA