Transcontinental Violence Tracker

Home
About
Essential Information
Contact

Browsing: »
Home
»Contact

Contact

Your Name (required)

Your Email (required)

Subject

Your Message

As this project continues to grow, we will be posting articles that have been published concerning the Transcontinental Violence Tracker. Here are the articles so far. If you hear of an article about us, please send us the information.

Contact or Find us:

Address:
8896 Ridge Street Miami, FL 33125

Email: admin@transviolencetracker.com

Recent Posts

Top 10 Metro Areas for Security Guard Employment
Top Security Guard Tools and Equipment

CrimeSolutions.gov

From the NIJ Director: CrimeSolutions.gov Has Rated 500 Programs and Counting July 15, 2019
It’s important to celebrate milestones, and CrimeSolutions.gov has hit a big one — 500 rated programs. That’s 500 opportunities for the criminal and juvenile justice and victim service practitioners and policymakers we serve to learn about what works, what doesn’t, and what’s promising.
Roundtable: Evidence-Based Repositories: Past Progress and Future Directions July 15, 2019
Come see us at ASC 2018! This roundtable will take place Fri, Nov. 16, 2:00 to 3:20pm. Evidence-based repositories emerged from the need to determine “what works, what doesn’t and what’s promising” in crime prevention. The 1998 Maryland Report offered the first insight into what scientific evidence suggests about crime prevention programming. The development of […]
Strength at Home Men’s Program (SAH-M) June 17, 2019
This program is a cognitive-behavioral, trauma-informed group therapy program for active-duty or former military personnel who have engaged in recent physical intimate partner violence (IPV). The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant reductions in physical and psychological IPV for the SAH-M treatment group, compared with the control group.
Parenting Intervention to Prevent Early Conduct Problems and Improve Parenting Practices (New York City) June 17, 2019
The program is a family-based, group preventive intervention for preschool children who are at high risk for antisocial behavior. The program is rated Promising. The intervention had statistically significant effects on observed child physical aggression, responsive parenting, and stimulation for learning, but had no statistically significant effects on parent-rated child physical aggression or harsh parenting […]
Police-Led Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence (St. Louis, Missouri) June 3, 2019
This police-led program was designed to reduce gun crime and serious violence in the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. The program is rated No Effects. The intervention did not have a statistically significant effect on gun violence or total violence trends in the target neighborhood compared with the average trends of seven matched […]
Police-Initiated Diversion for Youth to Prevent Future Delinquent Behavior May 30, 2019
This practice includes pre-court interventions or strategies that police can apply as an alternative to court processing or the imposition of formal charges against low-risk youth. This approach is designed to reduce reoffending by minimizing youth contact with the criminal justice system and divert youth toward services that address their psychosocial development and other needs […]
Delaware KEY Substance Abuse Program May 21, 2019
This program is a prison-based therapeutic community for drug-involved offenders. The program is rated Promising. After 3 years, results showed statistically significant increases in remaining drug-free; however, there were no statistically significant effects in being arrest-free.
Delaware CREST Outreach Centers May 21, 2019
This is a residential work-release program that uses therapy, counseling and treatment for offenders with a history of substance use who are reentering society. The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant increases in participants being injection-free at 6 months and being drug-free after 3 years; however, there were no statistically significant effects in […]
Using Absenteeism Information to “Nudge” Attendance (Philadelphia, Pa.) May 20, 2019
This program uses a “nudge” postcard to reduce student absenteeism by increasing parents’ or guardians’ awareness of non-attendance. The postcard is designed to motivate them to encourage their children to improve attendance and academic performance. The program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant decrease in posttreatment absenteeism for the intervention group, compared with […]
Criando con Amor: Promoviendo Armonía y Superación (CAPAS) May 20, 2019
This program includes two versions of a culturally adapted parenting intervention for immigrant Latino populations. The program is rated Effective. Both versions of the intervention were found to have a statistically significant impact on improving parenting practices, compared with the control group. Only the enhanced intervention had a positive, statistically significant effect on child internalizing […]

Proud supporter of the National Violence Prevention Network
Copyright 2016. Transcontinental Violence Tracker. All Rights Reserved