Police-Led Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence (St. Louis, Missouri)
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No Effect

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Description

This is a multi-agency community policing prevention and enforcement program aimed at reducing violence with firearms and other weapons in high-crime areas.
It involves initiatives to increase arrests and convictions, improve the tracking of parole offenders, and reduce the nuisance they cause, as well as physical enhancement, community outreach, and community policing efforts. It is coordinated by a planning group. These initiatives were best implemented over a 6-9 month period in 2008.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed an overall 18-19% decline in crime and a 28-32% reduction in violent gun crime. When law enforcement efforts were more intense, overall violence levels decreased significantly. However, the results did not have a statistically significant effect beyond the first few weeks of program development [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Koper, C. S., Woods, D. J. & Isom, D. (2016). Evaluating a Police-Led Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence in St. Louis. Police Quarterly, 19(2), 115–149. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611115608506