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Progressive Local Government
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Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2001
Level City or Town
State(s) Massachusetts
Source US Department of Justice
Policy Areas Public Safety
This report details Boston's Operation Ceasefire, which was a policy response to the epidemic of youth homicide in the city in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its main findings show that focused-deterrence strategies, designed to increase the perceived cost of crime, contributed to...
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Citizen Review of Police: Approaches and Implementation
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2001
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source US Department of Justice
Policy Areas Public Safety
This report surveys citizen oversight boards from across the United States, highlighting 9 different approaches to citizen oversight. It presents detailed descriptions of various structures from local jurisdictions and compares the costs and benefits of each system....
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