Developing a Citywide Youth Violence Prevention Plan

Payne, Brian K.; Button, Deeanna M.

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“…Including the perspectives of several stakeholder groups is vital to informing and developing effective programs, policies, and practices to prevent future violent encounters between police and young black men. Such perspectives are necessary to ensure that violence prevention efforts are communitydriven, comprehensive, inclusive of people with many different types of expertise and life experiences, and effective [27,28].…”

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Perceptions of Violent Encounters between Police and Young Black Men across Stakeholder Groups

2020

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Violence between police and young black men is a longstanding issue that has gained national attention in recent years due to high-profile violent encounters. We conducted 48 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders from different groups (young black men aged 14-24 years, parents, educators, police officers, and staff in youth serving organizations).Stakeholders were asked to (1) identify causes of violent encounters between police and young black men; (2) describe police officers who serve in their communities; and (3) describe interactions between police and young black men. Data were collected and analyzed using thematic analysis and content analysis methods. All stakeholder groups except police felt that violent encounters between police and young black men were caused by officers lacking a connection with communities. Fear and distrust across stakeholder groups was also seen as a cause of violent encounters; youth feared police after having seen or heard of violent encounters, while officers feared youth due to the availability of firearms and previous assaults on officers. Several stakeholder groups recognized that racism and prejudice among police was another cause of violence between police and young black men. Positive interactions between police and youth were seen as the result of established, trusting relationships developed over time. Future efforts to prevent violent encounters between police and young black men should engage multiple stakeholder groups. One avenue for engagement is through community mobilization efforts that foster collaboration, build community trust, and encourage implementation of policies, programs, and practices that prevent future violent encounters.

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Perceptions of Violent Encounters between Police and Young Black Men across Stakeholder Groups

2020

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“…Both collaborations were government-based and engaged law enforcement agencies as members. Virginia’s City Initiative on Youth achieved problem recognition, identified leaders, and created an action plan (Payne and Button 2009; Payne et al 2008). The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative in Illinois completed an action plan and a project/assessment (Telleen et al 2009; 2006).…”

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The Role of Collaboration in Facilitating Policy Change in Youth Violence Prevention: a Review of the Literature

Sugimoto-Matsuda

Braun

2013

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Youth violence remains a serious public health issue nationally and internationally. The social ecological model has been recommended as a framework to design youth violence prevention initiatives, requiring interventions at the micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro-levels. However, documentation of interventions at the macro-level, particularly those that address policy issues, is limited. This study examines a recommendation in the literature that formalized collaborations play a vital role in stimulating macro-level policy change. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to examine existing youth violence prevention collaborations and evaluate their policy-related outcomes. The search found 23 unique collaborations focused on youth violence prevention. These were organized into three groups based on the “catalyst” for action for the collaboration—internal (momentum began with-in the community), external (sparked by an external agency), or policy (mandated by law). Findings suggest that internally catalyzed collaborations were most successful at changing laws to address youth violence, while both internally and externally catalyzed collaborations successfully attained policy change at the organizational level. A conceptual model is proposed, describing a potential pathway for achieving macro-level change via collaboration. Recommendations for future research and practice are suggested, including expansion of this study to capture additional collaborations, investigation of macro-level changes with a primary prevention focus, and improvement of evaluation, dissemination, and translation of macro-level initiatives.

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“…Focus groups are commonly used to collect stakeholders' views on particular types of social problems, such as youth violence (Payne & Button, 2009) and sex offenders (Severson & Pettus-Davis, 2013), and to generate insights into the corresponding policies and practices. The participants in this study were 45 community stakeholders (23 males and 22 females) from new town and urban areas who had designated roles in serving older people or preventing financial fraud crime.…”

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Understanding and Preventing Financial Fraud Against Older Citizens in Chinese Society

Wong

et al. 2016

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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This study examines the public discourse on financial fraud against older citizens in Chinese society using six focus groups with 45 stakeholders comprising social workers, police officers, caregivers, nurses, community representatives, and insurance and banking personnel. This study uses qualitative data to describe the patterns and social features that facilitate this specific type of crime in Hong Kong. The narratives of the community stakeholders reveal several specific social features of Hong Kong that contribute to financial fraud against older persons, such as traditional Chinese values and ideologies, increasing cross-border activities, the Internet and technological advancements, and unfavourable economic situations. The results of this study support the assumptions of the routine activity approach and have a number of theoretical and practical implications.

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Developing a Citywide Youth Violence Prevention Plan

Cited by 8 publications

References 50 publications

Perceptions of Violent Encounters between Police and Young Black Men across Stakeholder Groups

Perceptions of Violent Encounters between Police and Young Black Men across Stakeholder Groups

The Role of Collaboration in Facilitating Policy Change in Youth Violence Prevention: a Review of the Literature

Understanding and Preventing Financial Fraud Against Older Citizens in Chinese Society

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