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Neighborhood Violence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1996-2007

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Principal Investigator(s): Wilson, Jeremy M.; Chermak, Steven; McGarrell, Edmund F.

Summary: This study assessed the implementation and impact of the One Vision One Life (OVOL) violence-prevention strategy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2003, the rise in violence in Pittsburgh prompted community leaders to form the Allegheny County Violence Prevention Imitative, which became the OVOL program. The OVOL program sought to prevent violence using a problem-solving, data-driven model to inform how community organizations and outreach teams respond to homicide incidents. The research team exa... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28441.v1

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