This brief published by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides a checklist for community violence intervention implementation.
This publication by US Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) presents the guiding principles for community violence intervention (CVI) as well as six steps for implementing interventions in community violence. The steps discussed include: Step 1: Engage Community Members and Conduct a Community Violence Assessment; Step 2: Form a Community Collaboration; Step 3: Implement CVI; Step 4: Setting CVI Up for Success; Step 5: Measure Success; and Step 6: Sustain Success and Continuous Improvement. Community violence generally happens outside the home in public spaces. Most community violence involves a relatively small number of people as victims or perpetrators, but its effects impact entire communities, eroding public health, causing economic disruption, and contributing to lasting individual and community traumas. Mitigation efforts typically focus on high-risk individuals, gun violence, specific violent crime problems, as well as the historical and structural challenges that often result in community violence. CVI is an approach that uses evidence-informed strategies to reduce violence through tailored community-centered initiatives. These multidisciplinary strategies engage individuals and groups to prevent and disrupt cycles of violence and retaliation, and establish relationships between individuals and community assets to deliver services that save lives, address trauma, provide opportunity, and improve the physical, social, and economic conditions that drive violence.