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Problem-oriented policing, deterrence, and youth violence: an evaluation of Boston’s Operation Ceasefire.

BRAGA, ANTHONY A., KENNEDY, DAVID M., WARING, ELIN J., PIEHL, ANNE MORRISON·2001·Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
DOI 10.1177/0022427801038003001
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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.

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Authors
BRAGA, A. A., KENNEDY, D. M., WARING, E. J., & PIEHL, A. M.
ORCID
BRAGA, ANTHONY A.
Venue
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2001-08
Volume
38
Issue
3
Pages
195-225
ISSN
  • 0022-4278 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-731X
DOI
10.1177/0022427801038003001
OpenAlex
W2125710370
Cited by
589
References
14
Citations by year
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FWCI
24.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
Keywords
problem-oriented policing, deterrence, juvenile homicide, youth violence, gun violence, violence intervention programs, Boston, impact evaluation

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