Reducing Gang Violence Using Focused Deterrence: Evaluating the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV)

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-439

  Engel, Robin S ^a   Tillyer, Marie Skubak ^b   Corsaro, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

focused deterrence; gang violence; gun violence; pulling levers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867190883     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.619559     Document Type: Article

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