Building "A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth" through problem-oriented community organizing: A quasi-experimental evaluation

Research Summary This paper describes Rainier Beach: A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth (ABSPY), a community-led, place-based, data-driven initiative to improve community safety and reduce crime involving young people at hot spots in Seattle, Washington. The ABSPY model puts crime prevention into the...

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Authors: Gill, Charlotte (Author) ; Weisburd, David 1954- (Author) ; Nazaire, Denise W. (Author) ; Prince, Heather (Author) ; Gross Shader, Claudia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2024, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 287-325
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