In the News
St. Louis Today: Opinion: Anti-crime initiative uses proven tactics to save lives (April 7, 2024)
The Boston Globe: Boston homicide numbers down sharply in first quarter of 2024 compared to same period last year (April 3, 2024)
CommonWealth Beacon: In remarkable start to 2024, Boston has had only 2 homicides this year (March 21, 2024)
St. Louis Today: Program to curb murders in St. Louis area aims to start this fall (February 22, 2024)
WATE: How Knoxville’s violence prevention plan helped reduce 2023 shootings (February 1, 2024)
Boston Herald: Shootings in Boston reached record low in 2023 (January 6, 2024)
Knox News: Knoxville saw a more than 30% decline in homicide numbers in 2023, lowest since pandemic (January 3, 2024)
Police 1: St. Louis initiative aims to reduce homicide rates by 20% using focused deterrence strategy (December 26, 2023)
Council on Criminal Justice: Perspectives on DOJ Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap (December 21, 2023)
St. Louis Today: Officials pitch plan to curb murders in St. Louis region. Business groups say they’ll back it (December 11, 2023)
U.S. DOJ: Justice Department Announces Release of Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap (December 11, 2023)
First Alert 4: St. Louis area leaders meet to discuss regional approaches to reducing homicides (December 4, 2023)
WVLT: Gun deaths in Knoxville down from last year, city has plan to keep that trend going (November 2, 2023)
Police 1:IACP 2023: Gun violence is a ‘sticky’ problem that requires focused, balanced, fair solutions (October 15, 2023)
Washington Post: At House subcommittee hearing, agreement that D.C.’s in a crime crisis (October 12, 2023)
AP News: As research grows into how to stop gun violence, one city looks to science for help (August 24, 2023)
WATE: Knoxville leaders aim to expand violent crime reduction plan (August 3,2023)
Dorchester Reporter: City strategy on violence: A year-round, street-by-street effort (June 14, 2023)
Terp Magazine: An End to the Bleeding (May 24, 2023)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: It'll take help across boundaries to solve the homicide problem in St. Louis (May 18, 2023)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: After crime summit St. Louis leaders eye collaboration with national expert on crime plan (May 18, 2023)
Boston Globe: Boston Pledges to Slash Homicides and Shootings by 20 percent by 2026 (April 7, 2023)
Boston Globe: Boston Partners with National Researchers to Develop New Gun Violence Reduction Strategy (April 4, 2023)
NPR’s Consider This: Finding Solutions For Crime – Without Politics Getting In The Way (March 4, 2023)
WATE: Knoxville leaders building plan to reduce violent crime (March 1, 2023)
Crime and Justice News: How New Maryland Center Will Help Combat Community Violence (January 18, 2023)
Arnold Ventures: A New Anti-Violence Center Offers Scientific Solutions to Gun Violence (January 12, 2023)
WBIR: Knoxville partners with violence reduction center in Maryland, one of the first cities in the nation (December 14, 2022)
WATE: ‘The only goal is to save lives’: How new partnership will make Knoxville more safe (December 14, 2022)
WATE: Knoxville chosen for University of Maryland study to reduce violent crime (December 14, 2022)
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Knows How to Reduce Crime (November 25, 2022)
Maryland Today: New Center Takes Aim at Rising Community Violence (November 22, 2022)