NCJ Number
192279
Journal
USA Bulletin Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2002 Pages: 1-59
Editor(s)
Jim Donovan
Date Published
January 2002
Length
59 pages
Annotation
The articles in this bulletin describe and discuss programs and issues pertinent to the design and implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is a nationwide comprehensive, strategic approach for reducing gun violence in America.
Abstract
Although Project Safe Neighborhoods specifies the essential elements of an effective gun-violence reduction strategy, it leaves it to States and local communities to tailor these elements to the particular gun-violence problems confronting specific localities. Project Safe Neighborhoods outlines the following five essential elements for a vigorous and successful gun-violence reduction strategy: partnership, strategic planning, training, community outreach and public awareness, and accountability. An overview of Project Safe Neighborhoods explains each of these elements. This is followed by a paper that provides basic information on firearms trafficking, i.e., the sources of crime guns. An article then describes a program, "Project Exile," developed in Richmond, VA, to counter an epidemic of gun violence. An assessment of targeted crime reduction efforts in 10 communities is described in another article, and lessons are drawn for the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. Other articles focus on various topics and programs related to the strategy and implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, including facilitation of the work of outreach; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' integrated violence reduction strategy; the use of community resources in gun-violence reduction initiatives; a countywide approach to firearm-related crime (King County, WA); and an effort to counter gun crime in Kentucky. Remaining articles focus on the gun law enforcement initiative of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, the prosecution of corrupt Federal firearms licensees, firearms tracing, and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The bulletin concludes with a listing of various resources pertinent to Project Safe Neighborhoods.