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- There are many effective approaches to reducing violence that don’t involve police. Investments in housing, health care, jobs programs, education, after school programs, gun control, environmental design, and violence interruption programs have all been proven to quantifiably reduce violence.
- Policing is not especially effective at reducing violence. Police typically deal with violence only after someone has already been killed, injured, or otherwise harmed.
- Investing so heavily in policing is not evidence-based. The uniquely American dependence on police as first responders to every social problem is the product of decades of reliance on antiquated and disproven theories about safety, the fearmongering of powerful police lobbyists, and policymakers’ racist support for devastatingly harmful militarized policing in communities of color.
- There is no connection between violence and police budgets. America has steadily increased police funding year-over-year regardless of whether crime rates are going up or down.
Feb 15, 2016 · 1) Stricter alcohol policies. Alcohol has been linked to violence. According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol is a factor in 40 percent of violent crimes. And a...
- What Are CVI Programs and How Are They structured?
- CVIS Are Proven to Reduce Violent Crime and Gun Violence
- States and Cities Around The Nation Are Implementing CVIS
- Conclusion
CVI programs work to reduce homicides and shootings through trusted partnerships between community stakeholders, individuals most affected by gun violence, and government. These programs connect individuals most at risk of committing or experiencing violence—or both—with community members who have walked a similar path whom they trust or respect. T...
In recent years, as gun violence has driven up homicide rates and violent crime more broadly, CVI models have proven to be very effective in combating gun violence in the places they are implemented. Some examples include: 1. Homicides and nonfatal shootings have been reduced by as much as 60 percentin areas where group violence intervention models...
Several states have also taken actions to support CVI implementation in their regions. For example: 1. In 2021 alone, at least 15 states committed $690 millionin funding to CVI efforts. 2. Illinois and Pennsylvania have reserved $250 million and $24 million, respectively, for state resources to support violence intervention models. 3. Chicago has p...
Community-based violence intervention programs are essential for combating the rise in gun violence and violent crime. Their models have not only proven to reduce rates of gun violence, but they are powerful resources in addressing the disproportionate impact of gun violence on communities of color and young people. If the United States is truly to...
Nov 16, 2021 · The recent rise in violent crime in the United States has added another compounding layer of hardship to a nation struggling to rebuild from the events of 2020. While overall crime rates went...
Jul 22, 2023 · But now crime trends appear to be shifting. Ali Rogin has the latest on what new research says about the state of crime in America and the best practices for curving it.
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- Ali Rogin,Andrew Corkery,Claire Mufson
Mar 22, 2018 · Here are six steps that we can take to reduce America’s shameful gun-violence problem. 1. Buying a gun should be like buying a car. The reduction in U.S. motor-vehicle deaths over the past 50...
Jun 24, 2021 · NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ronald Wright, a criminal justice expert and law professor at Wake Forest University, about why so many cities across the U.S. are experiencing a surge in violent...
