Research and Evaluative Evidence

The body of research and evaluative evidence on what crime and violence looks like and where it occurs, on factors that seem to either increase risk or enhance protection, on approaches that have been tried and whether they work, is wide-ranging.  We have selected some key resources here, focusing on three perspectives:

1. the most recent and comprehensive 'overviews' (such as the Laura Chioda 2017 book which covers the full scope)
2. more focused reviews that drill down into either a geographic area, or a subset of risk factors
3. intervention-specific evidence about models and approaches shown on the right-hand side of our graphic.

 

Community

• Can Policing Disorder Reduce Crime? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
• Cashing in on Education
• Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory
• Crime and Policing Revisited
• Interpreting Inkblots: Deciphering and Doing Something About Modern Street Gangs
• Discipline and Punish? Youth Gangs’ Response to ‘Zero-tolerance’ Policies in Honduras
• Early Childhood Engagement for Lifelong Learning
• Gangs in Central America
• Great Teachers
• Community Resilience to Violence: Local Schools, Regional Economies, and Homicide in Mexico’s Municipalities
• "Its Getting Crazy Out There": Can a Civil Gang Injunction Change a Community?
• Meta-analysis and systematic review of the effectiveness of school-based programs to reduce multiple violent and antisocial behavioral outcomes.
• Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female And Male Youth: Evidence From a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
• Toward a Profession of Police Leadership
• Towards a framework for preventing community violence among youth
• Denormalizing Violence
• What We Know About Gang Injunctions

Individual

• Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: An uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts
• Assessing Dangerousness In Domestic Violence Cases: History, Challenges, and Opportunities
• Effects of CognitiveBehavioral Programs for Criminal Offenders
• Ex-offender employment programs and recidivism: A meta-analysis
• “He Killed My Mommy!” Murder or Attempted Murder of a Child’s Mother
• Interpersonal Violence: Global Impact and Paths to Prevention
• Multisystemic Therapy for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems in Youth Aged 10-17
• Opportunities Provision for Preventing Youth Gang Involvement for Children and Young People (7-16)
• Practicing Choices, Preventing Crime
• Tackling alcohol related violence in city centres: effect of emergency medicine and police intervention

Relationships

• A meta-analysis update on the effects of early family/ parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency
• A rapid evidence assessment of the impact of mentoring on re-offending: a summary
• Stopping a Bullet with a Summer Job

Societal

• A Systematic Review of the Effects of Poverty Deconcentration and Urban Upgrading on Youth Violence
• Deterring Emigration with Foreign Aid: An Overview of Evidence from Low-Income Countries
• What Works in Youth Violence Prevention