Violence in urban America : 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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skolnick, Jerome H.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice.

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States.

Violence.

Violent crimes--United States.

Violent crimes.

Violence--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this summary of a unique conference on urban violence, mayors, police chiefs, local, state, and federal agency experts, and researchers provide a wealth of practical ideas to combat violence in urban America. This book will be a valuable guide to concerned community residents as well as local officials in designing new approaches to the violence that afflicts America's cities. single copy, $12.95; 2-9 copies, $9.95 each; 10 or more copies, $6.95 each (no other discounts apply)

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309586474

030958647X

9780585002323

0585002320

OCLC:

923263304