Intimate Partner Violence Intervention
Approach Intimate partner violence (IPV), frequently called domestic violence, is a serious public health problem that affects millions of Americans, with far-reaching impacts not only for individual victims, but also for their families, their communities, and our economy.1“Intimate Partner Violence,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October… Read More
Convene law enforcement, social service providers, and community members to provide support to survivors and deter abusers from engaging in violence.
Street Outreach
Approach The majority of gun violence occurring in cities across America has a small geographic footprint, with the majority of shootings happening in underserved neighborhoods experiencing high unemployment rates, poverty, racial segregation, and lack of access to quality education.1Aliza Aufrichtig et al., “Want to Fix Gun… Read More
Deploy credible messengers to identify conflict, intervene to prevent violence, and provide social services to high-risk individuals.
Gunshot Detection
Approach Acoustic gunshot detection systems, which have been adopted by more than 90 US jurisdictions,1Jillian B. Carr and Jennifer L. Doleac, “The Geography, Incidence, and Underreporting of Gun Violence: New Evidence Using ShotSpotter Data,” The Brookings Institution, April 2016, 4-5, https://brook.gs/2J7zgej. have the goal of accurately detecting and… Read More
Invest in audio-sensing technology to alert law enforcement to when and where a gun has been fired.
Extreme Risk Law Implementation
Approach Local policymakers, law enforcement, courts, and social service providers should work together to implement Extreme Risk laws, which create new court processes that can prevent gun violence tragedies and save lives. Passage and enactment of Extreme Risk laws are only the first steps to preventing gun violence. To effectively… Read More
Implement laws at the local level through cross-agency coordination, public awareness campaigns, and training.
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
Approach Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs) aim to reduce retaliation and recidivism among patients being treated for violent injuries by providing in-hospital services and follow-up care through intensive, community-based case management. For every firearm homicide, there are three people wounded in a firearm assault who need hospital care1… Read More
Deploy case managers in hospitals to coordinate wraparound services for survivors of gunshot wounds to reduce retaliation and re-injury.
Mayor’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Approach Cohesion across key stakeholders and strategies is particularly important to ensuring city gun violence prevention, and Mayor’s Offices of Gun Violence Prevention can play a key role in this. Commissioned by a Mayor, these offices coordinate, develop, and uplift gun violence prevention efforts occurring across the city. Important first… Read More
Establish a centralized office to coordinate key stakeholders and strategies to effectively and sustainably reduce gun violence.
Focused Deterrence Programs
Approach Focused deterrence programs (also known as “pulling levers” policing) are problem-oriented policing strategies that are rooted in deterrence theory.1National Institute of Justice, “Practice Profile: Focused Deterrence Strategies,” accessed June 3, 2019, https://www.crimesolutions.gov/PracticeDetails.aspx?ID=11; RAND Corporation, “Focused Deterrence,” accessed June 3, 2019, http://bit.ly/2MYB2zp. The focused deterrence framework, which… Read More
Convene law enforcement, social service providers, and community members to provide social supports to group-involved individuals.
Family Justice Centers
Approach Family Justice Centers (FJCs) are a strategic approach to holistically address domestic violence and related gun violence through colocation of services. FJCs serve survivors of intimate partner violence, domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, elder abuse, and human trafficking, as well as the children and families of these survivors. Read More
Support domestic violence and gun violence survivors through colocation of holistic services.
Safe Passage
Approach An estimated 3 million children are exposed to gun violence, directly or indirectly, every year.1Everytown analysis derives this number by multiplying the share of children (aged 0 to 17) who are exposed to shootings per year (4 percent) by the total child population of the… Read More
Deploy school employees, volunteers, and/or professionals to provide students with safe routes to and from school in high-crime neighborhoods.
Problem-Solving Hot Spots
Approach Hot spots policing is a law enforcement strategies that focuses on small land areas with high crime rates. To better address and prevent gun violence, law enforcement agencies focus their resources on very specific locations in a community or neighborhood. By focusing on solving problems in small areas with… Read More
Utilize data and deploy law enforcement resources to the small geographic areas with the highest rates of gun violence.