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Reduce Gun Violence: Prioritizing Community-based Interventions

Community-Based Violence Interventions: Proven Strategies To Reduce Violent Crime Center for American Progress - Akua Amaning and Hassen Bashir Leaders around the nation should prioritize community-based violence intervention programs to reduce gun violence and violent crime more broadly. Across America, communities are struggling to combat rising gun violence. Although overall crime rates remain low, the sale of firearms and instances of [...]

Gun Violence Disproportionately and Overwhelmingly Hurts Communities of Color

Gun Violence Disproportionately and Overwhelmingly Hurts Communities of Color The lack of investment in communities of color, coupled with weak gun laws, has resulted in devastatingly high rates of gun violence for Black and brown people. Gun violence is a major problem in the United States as well as the key driver of the rise in violent crime across the nation.1 [...]

2023-01-17T10:59:20-05:00January 17th, 2023|News|0 Comments
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