Deterring Gang-Involved Gun Violence: Measuring the Impact of Boston's Operation Ceasefire on Street Gang Behavior

Objectives The relatively weak quasi-experimental evaluation design of the original Boston Operation Ceasefire left some uncertainty about the size of the program's effect on Boston gang violence in the 1990s and did not provide any direct evidence that Boston gangs subjected to the Ceasefire i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Quantitative Criminology. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 30(2014), 1, Seite 113-139
1. Verfasser: Braga, Anthony A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hureau, David M., Papachristos, Andrew V.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Schlagworte:Law Behavioral sciences Applied sciences