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Experts outline data-driven strategies to curb youth gun violence; subcommittee urged to map local programs
Summary
Presenters laid out evidence-based approaches — violence interrupters, group-focused deterrence, intensive wraparound programs like Roca, and violence-review councils — and urged the Cuyahoga County advisory panel to map existing services, convene stakeholders and prioritize sustained funding to interrupt retaliatory cycles.
Presenters to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Advisory Subcommittee described national evidence and recommended local steps to reduce youth gun violence, telling the panel to map existing programs, convene key stakeholders and target small, high-risk networks and neighborhoods.
A presenter identified in the transcript as Patrick (presenter) summarized research showing that gun violence is concentrated among small networks and in specific neighborhoods and recommended a mix of interventions: hospital-based violence interrupters, group-violence interventions (such as ‘call-ins’ or focused deterrence), and intensive wraparound programs that use credible messengers. “Gun violence appears to be concentrated among very…
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