Evaluation of the Phoenix TRUCE Project: A Replication of Chicago CeaseFire

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-115

  Fox, Andrew M ^a   Katz, Charles M ^b   Choate, David E ^b   Hedberg, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago CeaseFire; evaluation; Phoenix TRUCE; violence interrupters; violence reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912043165     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2014.902092     Document Type: Article

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