Analyzing Crime Drivers to Gang Growth and Associated Violence in One Community

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Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of a communitywide gang and violence problem in a small neighborhood of a capital city in the Northeast. The researchers examined various disparate data sets through the city, police department, census, and community in order to assist in the development of an implementation plan addressing crime drivers in the community. Results show the level of crime increases with certain crime drivers present.

Authors

• Julie Schnobrich-Davis, Central Connecticut State University

• Eugena Givens, Central Connecticut State University