SiteTitle | • | Violence Interrupters: A Review Of The Literature | [X] |
Organization | • | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority | [X] |
| | 1: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2024 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The street-level violence prevention field includes a range of professionals fulfilling specific roles in various programs. This literature review focuses on violence interrupters as a specific type of outreach worker and the programs that utilize them. Violence interrupters embed themselves within specific areas of communities experiencing elevated levels of violence and mediate emerging conflicts between groups and/or individuals to interrupt the cycle of violence. This review describes the theoretical frameworks guiding the design of these programs, the role of violence interrupters, and program implementations. It also summarizes results from the research literature that evaluates these programs. | | | | Date Created: | 06-12-2024 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000107630 Original UID: 214149 FIRST WORD: Violence | |
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