Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present
What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa
Added Value Through a Partnership Model of Action Research: A Case Example From a Project Safe Neighborhoods Research Partner (From New Criminal Justice: American Communities and the Changing World of Crime Control, P 103-113, 2010, John Klofas, Natalie Kroovand Hipple, and Edmund McGarrell, eds. - See NCJ-230360)
Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.
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The Fight Against Rampant Gun Violence: Data-Driven Scientific Research Will Light the Way
Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Prelude to Project Safe Neighborhoods: The Richmond, Virginia, Experience
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Gun Prosecution Case Screening (Case Study 1)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Eastern District of Missouri (Case Study 7)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Offender Notification Meetings (Case Study 2)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Strategic Problem-Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems (Case Study 8)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Crime Incident Reviews (Case Study 3)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Chronic Violent Offenders Lists (Case Study 4)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Middle District of Alabama (Case Study 5)
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Lowell, District of Massachusetts (Case Study 6)
Notes From the Field: Using Evidence-Based Policing to Combat Violent Crime
Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Don't Jump the Shark: Understanding Deterrence and Legitimacy in the Architecture of Law Enforcement
Deterrence theory dominates the American understanding of how to regulate criminal behavior but social psychologists' research shows that people comply for reasons that have nothing to do with fear of punishment; they have to do with values, fair procedures and how people connect with one another. Professor Meares discussed the relevance of social psychologists' emerging theory to legal theory and practice and how deterrence and emerging social psychology theories intertwine.
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Gang Membership Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIJ collaborated on a book that focuses on promising principles for gang membership prevention. This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the risk and protective factors that influence gang membership as well as efforts to reduce such factors. Panelists also explored the direction of gang research for the future.