It is a restorative justice procedure that proposes meetings between victims and offenders (violent crimes or crimes against property) to discuss the crimes committed, their consequences and implications for the future, with the aim of resolving the conflict through the mediation of a police facilitator.

This is a program to increase police presence and intensive patrolling in areas with the highest incidence of crime – the hot spots – in order to reduce criminal activity at specific locations.

Minneapolis Police Department officers provided intensive patrol services to the city’s high-crime areas. The program focused on increasing police presence in crime “hot spots,” rather than the specific activities conducted by officers during patrols.

This is a youth redirection program, based on the precepts of restorative justice, which presents itself as an alternative to the judicial process by the juvenile courts. The aim of restorative justice conferences is to promote accountability on the part of young offenders and to repair the damage resulting from the crime.

The program consists of bringing together those affected by a criminal incident (including juvenile offenders and victims) in a non-adversarial process designed for the parties to meet in person.

This is a restorative justice procedure that proposes meetings between victims and offenders to discuss the offenses committed and their consequences and implications for the future, with the aim of resolving the conflict under the mediation of a police facilitator.

This is a police program that consists of informal contact between police officers and residents, through visits to homes, businesses, streets, and parking lots.

The topics covered were crime, fear of crime, perception of safety, and perception of the police. The questions are contextualized in a brief presentation by the police officers to the residents, expressing an interest in getting to know the area better and identifying the main problems perceived by the residents of the region.

This is a community advocacy program for women who have suffered domestic violence from an intimate partner and who are leaving a shelter service for victim protection. Its objectives are to improve the skills, talents, and strengths that are innate to the victim, and to mobilize the community to respond adequately to the needs for resources, services, and opportunities for this population.

This is a restorative justice project for medium-risk adolescents who have committed crimes, with the aim of preventing them from being prosecuted and thus stigmatized as offenders.
Alternatives to court proceedings include the release of the adolescent, a referral to a welfare agency, and a referral to hire a service or a petition.

This is a “Cure Violence” program (formerly known as “CeaseFire-Chicago”), a gun violence prevention program managed by the Chicago Violence Prevention Project. The intervention is carried out by trained professionals who act as interveners in situations of violence through public education campaigns and community mobilization to reduce shootings and murders.

Activities are organized into five components, targeting both the community and those at greatest risk of engaging in this type of violence, and include community mobilization and police involvement.