+ Policing Guns and Youth Violence
- Author:
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Fagan, Jeffrey
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Law Enforcement, Urban Environments, Youth Violence, gun crimes
The author reviewed case studies of 8 cities’ efforts to police gun crime, ranging from police-citizen partnerships to address youth violence or aggressive enforcement against young suspects of even minor...
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+ Pulling levers focused deterrence strategies and the prevention of gun homicide
- Author:
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Braga AA
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Ethnicity, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Criminal Justice, Deterrence Intervention, Gang, Gun Homicide, Operation Peacekeeper
In the late 1990’s, the City of Stockton, CA implemented “Operation Peacekeeper,” a “pulling levers” focused deterrence intervention designed to reduce gun homicide in the city. This paper describes the...
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