The Pragmatism Of Community Violence Prevention Programs

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🗓️ 19 April 2023

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There have been 164 mass shootings in the U.S. just this year, according to the National Gun Violence Archive.

As gun legislation stalls in Congress, gun violence in the U.S. continues to rise, leaving states and cities to grapple with safety measures on their own. One solution is gaining traction: community violence prevention programs.

During the first four years of Baltimore's program, researchers found homicides dropped by 32 percent. They also identified some challenges these programs face.

We discuss what exactly these programs do and how effective they really are.

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0:00.0	It seems never ending from two separate shootings after a victim showed up at the wrong
0:13.6	house.
0:14.6	Tonight, the Clay County prosecutor announces charges against an 85 year old man accused
0:19.3	of shooting a teenager in a case of a mistaken address.
0:22.2	Twenty year old, Kaylyn Gillis, a passenger in a vehicle was shot and killed around 10
0:26.8	o'clock Saturday night.
0:28.3	After this weekend's shooting at a birthday party in Alabama, we do want to begin with
0:32.4	another community in morning tonight shattered after a mass shooting at a sweet 16 party.
0:39.1	Four people were killed.
0:40.2	Their ages range from 17 to 23 and back to back mass shootings in Louisville, Kentucky.
0:46.8	For the second time in less than a week, residents of Louisville, Kentucky are reeling after
0:51.0	a deadly shooting late last night.
0:52.9	Two people were killed.
0:54.2	Four others injured when police say someone opened fire in a park filled with hundreds
0:58.7	of people.
0:59.7	There have been more mass shootings than days so far in 2023.
1:04.5	That's according to the nonprofit gun violence archive.
1:07.3	It's a grim reality of life in America today.
1:10.4	But as community after community reels and the wake of this violence, work is being done
1:15.5	on the ground to offer a solution.
1:18.2	Just this month plans for community violence intervention programs were announced in Los
1:22.2	Angeles, New Jersey and Ohio.
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