This Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy-
focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding …

Abstract Research summary Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is an increasingly popular
violence and gun crime prevention program which aims to identify prolific violent offenders …

Purpose This paper is designed to critically review and analyze the body of research on a
popular gang reduction strategy, implemented widely in the United States and a number of …

Abstract Research Summary The evaluation literature suggests that focused deterrence
strategies are effective in reducing gun violence. However, focused deterrence is notoriously …

ABSTRACT In the United States (US), elevated levels of firearm violence following the onset
of the COVID-19 pandemic in late March 2020 drew attention to efforts taken by law …

Focused deterrence programs, which concentrate community and police resources on small
groups of high-risk offenders, have been identified in a number of cities as an effective …

Objectives This study examines the effect Project Green Light Detroit (PGLD), an integrated
CCTV program, on crime at commercial and non-commercial city parcels in Detroit, MI …

Sentinel event reviews were developed in the medical, military, and aviation fields and
involve systematic assessment of the processes that resulted in a critical event such as an …

Violence interrupters (VI) operate as mediators after gang-involved shootings to stop
retributory shootings. While some cities, like Chicago, have seen initial success, other cities …

The study evaluates a geographically based focused deterrence (FD) intervention,
extending knowledge about FD impact beyond crime data to also examine residents' lived …