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Changing the Narrative for what Works to Prevent Violence in High Risk-high Need Communities

Wed, Nov 16, 12:30 to 1:50pm, Hilton, Steering, Riverside Complex

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Violence in high risk communities does not look like violence in other places. Where more risk factors are present and potential mediators (e.g., collective efficacy, civic engagement) are not, one is more likely to find drug and firearm trafficking, gang proliferation, and higher rates of lethal and nonlethal violent crime.For evidence-based interventions to succeed in these communities, it is important to understand how the various risk factors (e.g., childhood trauma, low education, violence norms) can inform the identification and fostering of readiness factors that will increase local capacity for implementing effective violence prevention programs and policies. It is equally important to understand how the prevalence of violence itself creates challenges beyond those arising from economic deprivation (e.g., fear of safety in the community) that may also reduce a high risk community’s readiness for a violence prevention intervention. This session will present research that looks at this issue from three different, but interrelated perspectives and discuss policy implications for effective violence-prevention approaches in high risk-high need communities.

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