Preventing Urban Gun Violence in Massachusetts: Results from the Community-based Violence Prevention Study

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This panel will present results from three related investigations funded through OJJDP to study the prevention of gun violence in the state of Massachusetts from 2010 to 2015. One investigation examines the effectiveness of the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) using a regression discontinuity design to examine community-level offending and victimization in 11 treatment (SSYI) cities and 22 comparison communities. The second talk will explore the interaction of police - community relationships, norms of violence, and concentrated disadvantage on crime and violence in SSYI communities. The third paper presents results from an interrupted time series analysis used to examine how violent crime in Boston has been impacted as different violence prevention and intervention initiatives, such as SSYI, have been introduced from 2010 to 2015 in targeted neighborhoods within the city.

Sub Unit

• Area V: Types of Offending / 29: Violent Crime

Individual Presentations

• Using a regression-discontinuity design to examine community-level gun violence and victimization outcomes from the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative in Massachusetts from 2010 to 2015. - Anthony Petrosino, WestEd; Trevor Fronius, WestEd

• Police-community relationships, community norms of violence and concentrated disadvantage: Examining relationships and influence on gun violence in Massachusetts - Patricia Campie, American Institutes for Research; Mary Vriniotis, American Institutes for Research

• Examining the cumulative, sequential, and single impacts of local, state, and federal violence prevention initiatives on violent crime outcomes in Boston between 2010 and 2015 - Nicholas Read, American Institutes for Research; Patricia Campie, American Institutes for Research

Chair

• Benjamin Adams, Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention