Respond to retaliatory violent disputes
A violent retaliatory dispute is a conflict between multiple people that carries on over time. A violent retaliatory dispute is characterized by confrontation and intimidation…
Type of gun violence Non-Fatal Shooting
Credible Messenger Program
The Credible Messenger Model partners community members who can build relationships with juveniles and adults who are in secure detention or incarceration facilities. Credible Messengers…
Focused Deterrence
Focused Deterrence is a multi-faceted evidence-based approach that first identifies groups or individuals who are driving gun violence and then provides collaborative intervention strategies. Law…
Cure Violence
Cure Violence aims to reduce violence using public health approaches. Cure leverages community partnerships and violence interrupters along with public education campaigns. Violence interrupters are…
School-Based Youth Development Programs
Youth development program approaches may vary, but typically include a structured curriculum with skill-building activities delivered during school time or by community organizations out of…
Youth Counseling
Individual-level community-based services aim to target criminogenic risk factors that may lead to gun-involved crime. These services can be provided to at-risk youth prior to…
Top Offender List Training – PSN Resource
The Top Offender List training provides insight and guidance in developing a “top offender list” documenting the roughly 6% of individuals responsible for over 60%…
Sustained Investigation of Gun-Involved Cases
Research finds that the clearance rate for homicides is higher than the rate for non-fatal shootings. This discrepancy is the result of sustained investigation of…
Survivors Empowered Rapid Response Team
The Survivors Empowered Rapid Response Team is a public awareness campaign that leverages the first-hand stories of gun violence survivors to educate the public and…
Street Outreach Workers
Street outreach workers collaborate with law enforcement agencies, often engaging youth in neighborhoods deemed as high risk for violent crime. Street outreach workers are often…
Problem-Oriented Policing
Problem-oriented policing uses the SARA Model: Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment. The model is supposed to support an active and ongoing process that involves identifying problems…
Real-Time Crime Center
Real-Time Crime Centers (RTCCs) leverage innovative technologies to help law enforcement agencies respond strategically to crime. RTCCs can help officers respond quickly to crimes in…
Public Awareness Campaigns
The goal of public awareness campaigns targeting gun violence is to increase communities’ knowledge about specific aspects of gun-involved injury. They target the specific needs…
Police-Community Liaison
A community liaison serves as an anti-violence coordinator in the community. Their responsibilities include oversight of the implementation of community strategies to combat gun violence,…
Parent/Guardian Counseling
Healthcare professionals can counsel parents and other adult caregivers about gun-related risks to their children’s health and safety. Specific topics for counseling are tied to…
Parent/Guardian Counseling
Healthcare professionals can counsel parents and other adult caregivers about gun-related risks to their children’s health and safety. Specific topics for counseling are tied to…
Nonfatal Shooting Assessment – PSN Resource
The Nonfatal Shooting/Gun Violence Reduction Assessment helps to assist local gun violence prevention efforts and to organize an efficient, productive agency response to identify and…
Neighborhood Engagement Units
Law enforcement agencies can create neighborhood engagement units to reach marginalized populations by collaborating with community residents, working with these residents to identify problems and…
Mentoring
Mentoring approaches to reduce gun violence combine elements of group-based violence intervention (focused deterrence), hospital-based programs, and violence interrupter programs to provide voluntary intensive mentoring…
Identifying and Responding to Chronic Offenders
Law enforcement agencies can use a wide range of approaches to identify chronic offenders and implement tailored interventions to prevent re-offending. Predicting repeat offending is…
Hospital-Policing Partnerships
Hospital-policing partnerships aim to improve law enforcement’s coordination with social services and healthcare partners. Law enforcement agencies can partner with hospitals to provide case management…
Homicide Review Commissions
Homicide review commissions are multi-agency efforts that aim to reduce homicides and non-fatal shootings. Law enforcement, community service providers, and criminal justice professionals meet on…
Homicide and Non-fatal Shooting Databases
Homicide and non-fatal shooting databases are tools to help commanders stay updated about key identifiers in recent violent crimes. The databases are stored online and…
Gunshot Detection Technology
Gunshot detection technology is an acoustic surveillance system that law enforcement agencies install in high-crime areas so that it notifies police about the precise location…