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This Californian Is Working to Reduce Gun Violence
DeVone Boggan has an unusual yet effective way to prevent shootings: Mentor and pay young people who are seen as likely to commit gun violence otherwise.
How Cities Have Reduced Gun Violence—And Saved Millions
These not-so-new strategies to reduce gun violence are finally getting increased attention and investment.
America Can Stop Gun Violence—Here’s What Actually Works
What do effective approaches to public safety look like? And who takes the lead—Communities? Police? Both?
Berkeley study: California gun violence program saves lives, taxpayers millions
Formerly incarcerated community members engage gun-ridden neighborhoods through Advance Peace, with positive results and at a lower cost than city policing.
We Must Decide to End Gun Violence in This Generation
We have so much work to do. So many lives to be saved. How is it that in the United States of America in 2019 a common thought — as one leaves their home to shop or to watch a movie
DeVone Boggan with two fellows outside of Richmond’s City Hall.
Did This City Bring Down Its Murder Rate by Paying People Not to Kill?
A controversial experiment in Richmond, California, may have slashed street violence—or maybe it just got lucky.