Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: A conversation on new research




New Thinking, a Center for Court Innovation Podcast show

Summary: <p>Authors of new research about <a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/topic/gun-violence">gun violence</a> in Brooklyn, New York, Sarah Picard-Fritsche and Lenore Cerniglia discuss findings on Save Our Streets (SOS) Crown Heights, an approach to gun violence prevention in the Crown Heights neighborhood. The new report, “<a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/research/testing-public-health-approach-gun-violence?url=research%2Fbrowse%2Fall%2Flatest&amp;amp%3Bmode=browse&amp;amp%3Btype=all&amp;amp%3Bsort=latest">Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence</a>,” details a comprehensive impact and process evaluation of Save Our Streets, which is based on the Cure Violence model that treats outbreaks of violence like epidemics of disease.</p> <p><strong>Additional Resources</strong></p> <p>To download a Q &amp; A with the authors, click <a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/research/it-possible-reduce-gun-violence-high-crime-neighborhoods" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>To read a press release about the findings, click <a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/research/research-documents-reduced-gun-violence-crown-heights-brooklyn-evaluation-measures-impact-s?url=research%2Fbrowse%2Fall%2Flatest&amp;amp%3Bmode=browse&amp;amp%3Btype=all&amp;amp%3Bsort=latest" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>