RT Article
T1 Problem-oriented policing, deterrence, and youth violence: an evaluation of Boston's operation ceasefire
JF Journal of research in crime and delinquency
VO 38
IS 3
SP 195
OP 225
A2 Braga, Anthony Allan 1969-
A2 Kennedy, David M. 1958-
A2 Waring, Elin J. 1959-
A2 Piehl, Anne Morrison 1964-
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640129383
AB Operation Ceasefire is a problem-oriented policing intervention aimed at reducing youth homicide and youth firearms violence in Boston. It represented an innovative partnership between researchers and practitioners to assess the city's youth homicide problem and implement an intervention designed to have a substantial near-term impact on the problem. Operation Ceasefire was based on the "pulling levers" deterrence strategy that focused criminal justice attention on a small number of chronically offending gang-involved youth responsible for much of Boston's youth homicide problem. Our impact evaluation suggests that the Ceasefire intervention was associated with significant reductions in youth homicide victimization, shots-fired calls for service, and gun assault incidents in Boston. A comparative analysis of youth homicide trends in Boston relative to youth homicide trends in other major U.S. and New England cities also supports a unique program effect associated with the Ceasefire intervention
K1 Polizeiintervention
K1 Jugendliche
K1 Tötungsdelikte
K1 Gangs
K1 Waffengebrauch
K1 Kriminalprävention
K1 Abschreckung
K1 Waffenhandel
K1 Jugendgewalt