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Community-based violence prevention : an assessment of Pittsburgh's One Vision, One Life Program / Jeremy M. Wilson, Steven Chermak, Edmund F. McGarrell

Author:
Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974-
Published:
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 157 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators:
Chermak, Steven M., McGarrell, Edmund F., 1956-, Rand Corporation, National Institute of Justice (U.S.), Richard King Mellon Foundation, and Rand Safety and Justice (Program)
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Contents:
Chapter One. Introduction -- Objective -- Background -- Problem Solving, Homicide Incident Reviews, and Collaborative Partnerships -- Conflict Intervention and Mediation: Street Workers and Street Intelligence -- Community Mobilization and Outreach -- Approach -- Outline -- Chapter Two. Structure and Function of One Vision One Life -- The Context -- Northside -- Hill District -- Southside -- Summary Comparison -- General Program Description -- The Mission -- The Six-Point Plan to Stop the Shooting -- Implementation Chaos -- Organizational Actors and Roles -- Executive Director -- Program Director -- Area Managers -- Community Coordinators -- Support Staff -- Chapter Three. One Vision One Life Operations -- Stopping Violence -- Identifying Clients -- Problem Solving and Assessing Community Risk -- Community-Building Strategies -- Violence Response -- Chapter Four. One Vision One Life's Impact on Violence -- Defining One Vision One Life's Target Areas -- Defining the Simulated Counterfactual -- Comparison Areas -- Spillover Areas -- The Impact of One Vision One Life on Violence in the Target Areas -- General Violence Trends -- Impact Relative to the Propensity-Based Comparison -- Impact Relative to the One Vision One Life-Suggested Comparison -- The Impact of One Vision One Life on Violence in Contiguous Neighborhoods -- The Overall Impact of one Vision One Life -- Chapter Five. Explaining the Results -- Conflict Mediation -- Comparing One Vision One Life With Other Initiatives -- CeaseFire Chicago -- Baltimore Safe Streets Program -- One Vision One Life Versus Chicago and Baltimore -- One Vision One Life Versus Comprehensive "Pulling Levers" Programs -- Chapter Six. Lessons for Improving Violence-Prevention Programs -- Study Limitations -- APPENDIXES -- A. The Observational Strategy -- B. Designation of Target, Spillover, and Counterfactual Neighborhoods -- C. Technical Detail on the Outcome Analysis -- D. Outcomes of Full Models Used to Test for Intervention and Spillover Effects.
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ISBN:
0833049933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780833049933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Note:
"RAND Safty and Justice."
"MG-947-NIJ/OJP/DOJ/MELLON"--P. [4] of cover.
"This research was supported by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and by the Richard King Mellon Foundation and was conducted under the auspices of the Safety and Justice Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE)"--T.p verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157).
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