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    Staff Spotlight | A Community Doer: The Rev. Kevin Jones

    The Rev. Kevin Jones is the faith-based organizer in Brooklyn for our Save Our Streets program, working to end gun violence at the neighborhood level by changing local norms. "The Rev," as he's known, has created a network of religious leaders of all faiths who share the “Stop Shooting, Start Living” message through community events and rapid responses to individual shootings.

    Reducing Violence, Preventing Crime
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    What We All Get Wrong About Gun Violence

    by Matt Watkins

    While crime has been declining amid COVID-19, in cities across the country, gun violence and homicides have been the exceptions. Long-time researcher and former Obama Department of Justice official, Thomas Abt, says there are proven solutions to reduce the violence. But he says both the right and the left fail to grasp the essence of any solution: focus on the violence itself. Abt is the author of Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets.

    Addressing Racial Disparities, Reducing Trauma, Reducing Violence
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    What Investment Would You Make to Improve Criminal Justice in New York City?

    by Robert V. Wolf and William Harkins

    As part of a conference sponsored by the Center for Court Innovation and the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, we asked justice system leaders and experts, "If you could make just one investment to improve criminal justice in New York City, what would it be?"

    Reducing Violence, Diversion
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    Community Voices: What is Safety?

    Safety is more than just the absence of crime. We asked people from communities around New York City, including our staff and people they work with, about safety—how they define it, and how they’d improve it in the neighborhoods where they live.

    Reducing Violence
  • Audio

    Keeping the Peace: Patrick Sharkey on Sustaining the Great Crime Decline

    by Matt Watkins

    On our New Thinking podcast, Patrick Sharkey, the author of Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, discusses the wider costs of violence and the threat posed by inequality and disinvestment to the current fragile gains. He points to the signal role of community organizing and community-based nonprofits in combating violence and building safer, more resilient cities.

    Addressing Racial Disparities, Community Justice, Placemaking, Reducing Trauma, Reducing Violence
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    Fact Sheet: Addressing Trauma in Violence Interrupter Programs

    Programs focused on reducing gun violence, particularly public health initiatives such as Save Our Streets Crown Heights, are in a unique position to address the trauma that many young men of color experience. This fact sheet outlines strategies for violence interrupter programs to use in addressing trauma among their participants.

    Reducing Violence, Reducing Trauma
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    Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence

    by Sarah Picard and Lenore Lebron

    This report presents the results of a comprehensive impact and process evaluation of the anti-violence initiative Save Our Streets, which started in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in 2010. Results demonstrate that the initiative had a statistically significant impact on gun violence trends in Crown Heights when compared with three similar precincts in Brooklyn. 

    Reducing Violence
  • Audio

    Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: A conversation on new research

    Authors of new research about gun violence in Brooklyn, New York, Sarah Picard-Fritsche and Lenore Lebron discuss findings on Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Crown Heights, an approach to gun violence prevention in the Crown Heights neighborhood.

    Reducing Violence
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