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1. Help Victims of Crime. There is far too little support for victims of crime, even though it is the most obvious place to start. Prior victimization — of a person or a place — is the top predictor of future victimization.
An increasing number of States have been adopting evidence-based, consultative and participatory ap-proaches to preventing and reducing crime. They in-volve all sectors of society, including...
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Dec 11, 2023 · Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the release of the Justice Department’s Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap, a one-stop shop to assist local jurisdictions in developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies to prevent, intervene in, and respond to violent crime.
- The Relationship Between Place, Policy Violence, and Violent Crime
- A Holistic Look at Place-Based Drivers of—and Solutions To—Violence
- Looking Outside The Criminal Legal System For Answers
Decades of research have established that violence is spatially concentrated within America, disproportionately occurring within a select set of high-poverty disinvested neighborhoods—and within these neighborhoods, a select set of streets.6 These are also places where the proportion of people of color is highest and indicators of structural disadv...
A look at four key dimensions of community well-being can inform our understanding of how place-based factors influence violent crime and, in turn, how a holistic approach to addressing these factors can provide promising non-carceral alternatives for community safety.
The intersection between place and violence is long-standing and persistent—even amid yearly fluctuations in crime rates—and our nation will be stuck in a self-replicating cycle of violence if we do not look outside of the criminal legal system to address it. Localities such as Oakland, Calif. are beginning to recognize this and invest significant ...
Jan 20, 2022 · By investing in criminal justice and social programs, the government can effectively reduce crime rates without discriminating against people living in low socioeconomic areas. Doing so can promote public trust in law enforcement and the government while also creating safer communities.
Jul 10, 2020 · Right now and for decades to come, public officials can work to right the wrongs that continue to lead to high crime and victimization in Black neighborhoods. Invest in Black Lives to Protect Black Lives: How the Public Sector Can Reduce Crime and Victimization | Urban Institute
Apr 17, 2019 · Below, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) has highlighted resources that can help law enforcement decisionmakers build awareness of effective crime reduction and policing strategies.
