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NIJ: Local Level Implementation and National Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods

Wed, Nov 13, 8:00 to 9:20am, Salon 11 - Lower B2 Level

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

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Violent crime played a major role in the tumult of recent times, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This panel presents findings from the national evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a flagship initiative by the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce violent crime across the U.S. and territories. PSN includes prevention, intervention, and enforcement efforts that leverage local and federal law enforcement and prosecution along with collaboration with community partners, all to reduce violence by addressing violent criminals in violent locations and prevent additional violence.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-funded PSN evaluation comprises a national assessment and case studies in 10 federal districts, studying PSN models introduced in 2018 and 2021. The first presentation describes local implementation of PSN, based on results from a 2024 survey of PSN coordinators. Subsequent panelists describe changes in violent crime across federal districts and in large PSN jurisdictions compared with non-PSN jurisdictions. Findings are based on robust analytic techniques including hierarchical latent growth models and the synthetic control method. To help inform policy and practice, changes in crime rates are modeled as a function of variability in implementation. A discussant from US-DOJ offers perspectives on implications of the findings for the PSN program.

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