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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rand Corporation.

Tita, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violent crimes--California--Los Angeles--Prevention.

Violent crimes.

Juvenile delinquency--California--Los Angeles--Prevention.

Juvenile delinquency.

Firearms and crime--California--Los Angeles.

Firearms and crime.

Gangs--California--Los Angeles.

Gangs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

"Prepared for the National Institute of Justice."

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

Includes bibliographic references (p. 53-56).

ISBN:

0-8330-3613-0

OCLC:

475901409