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Philadelphia
A recent study found that a Philadelphia program can reduce shootings among participants by about half.
How We Fix This
Chico Tillmon, the director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab's new leadership academy, discusses the challenges facing community-based organizations — and the tools they need to succeed.
Bulletin
CVI came to the forefront in 2020, as gun violence peaked nationwide. How much momentum has it retained?
Daily Bulletin
City review finds problems with Baltimore’s flagship violence interruption program… After Safe Streets lost three interrupters to violence last year, many questioned whether the approach was worth it. A new city review…
Critics say there isn’t enough traditional academic evidence to justify government investment in community violence interruption. But the programs are varied and neighborhoods aren’t laboratories, complicating ordinary evaluation.
Coronavirus & Guns
In many cities, gun violence is dealing a double blow to black communities already ravaged by the pandemic. Community outreach workers are struggling to keep up.
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: How do you do base violence interruption at hospitals when the hospital is off limits? Pioneered by a gunshot survivor 30 years ago, the approach is based on the insight that violent crime…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Pressed during the debate, Trump declines to disavow militia groups and white supremacists. The first face-off of the 2020 general election was marked by President Trump’s interruptions and hectoring, and the segment on violent…
What To Know Today Lack of appreciation, support, and resources: Survey reveals heavy toll for anti-violence work. University of Illinois Chicago Professor Kathryn Bocanegra, who used to lead a violence prevention organization, surveyed 35 frontline workers in street outreach…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Experts say the destabilizing effects of the pandemic are behind the rise in homicides. Criminologists and residents in cities across the country tell The New York Times that the destabilizing fallout from…
Bull City United is an outlier among community-based violence intervention groups.
What To Know Today Bipartisan majorities of Americans support diverting some law enforcement funds for other public safety efforts. A new wide-ranging survey of 1,400 Americans from Benenson Strategy Group, a consultancy founded by a…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Inside one Baltimore group’s effort to stop youth violence before it starts. In the last 15 years, 16- to 25-year-olds accounted for the largest share of Baltimore’s fatal shooting victims. Since 2019,…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY The House passed a sweeping police reform bill. Among other provisions, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act…
In Michigan, SURE Moms has created a healing space for parents working to keep their kids out of the juvenile justice system.
