Los Angeles Gang Reduction Program

Axios
Policing

Solution types
Firearms-Focused Policing

Problems addressed

Armed violence

Implication in violent groups

Violent crimes

Low school attendance

Effectiveness

Mixed Evidence

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Life periods served

Teenagers (14 to 17 years)

Where the program was applied

Community (streets or community centers)

Country of application

United States

Description

This is a multicomponent program to monitor gang-involved adolescents and their families in order to reduce crimes associated with juvenile gangs and violence.
It provides social assistance, educational and therapeutic accompaniment, and specific community actions, which are developed in each community in three stages: prevention, intervention with police actions and justice, and reinsertion programs for young people leaving the prison system.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation found that the program has caused a drop in the number of calls involving shootings and gang-related incidents in the target area. However, it has had no effect on calls involving vandalism, serious violence, and youth school attendance [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Cahill, M., Coggeshall, M., Hayeslip, D., Wolff, A., Lagerson, E., Scott, M. L., Davies, E., Roland, K. & Decker, S. (2008). Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs: Interim Findings from the Gang Reduction Program. Washington, D.C. Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/research/publication/community-collaboratives-add…

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