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THEMED SECTION: PERSPECTIVES FROM NORTH AMERICA

What can cities do to prevent serious youth violence?

Anthony A Braga and Christopher Winship consider Boston's Operation Ceasefire and the ways in which the model might be implemented in other communities affected by youth violence

Pages 35-37 | Published online: 07 Apr 2011

References

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  • Braga , A. , Kennedy , D. , Waring , E. and Piehl , A. 2001 , ‘Problem-oriented policing, deterrence, and youth violence: an evaluation of Boston's Operation Ceasefire’ , Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency , 38 , pp. 195 – 225 .
  • Braga , A. and Winship , C. 2006 , ‘Partnership, accountability, and innovation: clarifying Boston's experience with pulling levers’ , in Weisburd , D. and Braga , A. , Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives , New York : Cambridge University Press , pp. 171 – 190 .
  • Kennedy , D. 1997 , ‘Pulling levers: chronic offenders, high-crime settings, and a theory of prevention’ , Valparaiso University Law Review , 31 , pp. 449 – 484 .
  • Kennedy , D. , Piehl , A. and Braga , A. 1996 , ‘Youth violence in Boston: gun markets, serious offenders, and a use-reduction strategy’ , Law and Contemporary Problems , 59 , pp. 147 – 196 .
  • Moore , M. 2002 , ‘Creating networks of capacity: the challenge of managing society's response to youth violence’ , in Katzmann , G. , Securing Our Children's Future: New Approaches to Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence , Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press , pp. 338 – 385 .
  • Winship , C. and Berrien , J. 1999 , ‘Boston cops and black churches’ , The Public Interest , 136 , pp. 52 – 68 .

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