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

• Author: Rand Corporation.
• TeilnehmendeR: Abrahamse, Allan F.; Grammich, Clifford A. 1963-; Greenwood, Peter W.; Ridgeway, Greg, 1973-; Riley, Kevin Jack, 1964-; Tita, George.; Rand Corporation.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (83 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the National Institute of Justice."; "RAND Public Safety and Justice."; Originally published in 2003.

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.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 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; Violent Crime; Gang Crime; Gun Crime; Effects in the Targeted Reporting Districts and the Remainder of Boyle Heights; Violent Crime; Gang Crime; Gun Crime

Effects in the Targeted Reporting Districts and a Matched Group of Hollenbeck Census Block GroupsViolent Crime; Gang Crime; Gun Crime; 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; Back Cover