Focused Deterrence and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approaches to Reducing Community Violence

• In Event: Policy Panel: Putting "What Works” into Action: Violence Reduction in the United States and Latin America

Abstract

As directors of leading focused deterrence and cognitive behavioral therapy programs, Kennedy and Watson will discuss their respective approaches and discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with “going to scale” in both the United States and in Latin America.

Authors

• David M. Kennedy, National Network for Safe Communities

• Anthony Watson, Becoming A Man, Youth Guidance