Reducing gun violence : results from an intervention in East Los Angeles /

To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los Angeles area for a similar intervention that was to include both law enforcement and social service components. Although the latter component...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
مؤلف مشترك: Rand Corporation
مؤلفون آخرون: Tita, George
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2003.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=105352
الوصف
الملخص:To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los Angeles area for a similar intervention that was to include both law enforcement and social service components. Although the latter component was not widely available when the intervention began, researchers found that the intervention helped reduce violent and gang crime in the targeted districts and that crime also decreased in surrounding communities.
وصف المادة:"Prepared for the National Institute of Justice."
"MR-1764-NIJ"--Page 4 of cover
وصف مادي:1 online resource (xix, 56 pages) : illustrations, maps
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-56).
ردمك:0833036130
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0833034758