Reducing Gun Violence Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles

• Main Author: Tita, George (auth)
• Other Authors: Riley, K. Jack (auth), Ridgeway, Greg (auth), Grammich, Clifford A. (auth), Abrahamse, Allan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2010
• Subjects: Police & security services; Crime & criminology; Violence in society; Sociology; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...