Street By Street: Cross-Site Evaluation of the OJJDP Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program

Authors

Kathleen A. Tomberg, CUNY John Jay College
Jeffrey A. Butts, CUNY John Jay CollegeFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

Fall 11-28-2016

Abstract

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) launched the Community-Based Violence Prevention (CBVP) program to reduce youth violence through targeted community-level initiatives. The program offered grants to cities for implementing evidence-based strategies, such as Cure Violence and the Boston Gun Project, to address high-risk youth involvement in violence. The John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center evaluated the program’s impact on five recipient cities: Brooklyn, NY; Denver, CO; Newark, NJ; Oakland, CA; and Washington, DC. The evaluation focused on the effectiveness of these interventions in reducing violence among youth and young adults.

Comments

A report from the Research and Evaluation Center (REC), John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY)