The Brooklyn program area and comparison area experienced similar crime patterns during the study.
The Brooklyn program area and comparison area experienced similar crime patterns during the study.
Violence generally increased from 2010 to 2015 and the increases were larger in CBVP areas.
The outcome evaluation failed to detect measurable effects of CBVP at the community level.
Violent crime trends in CBVP areas failed to demonstrate positive effects of the initiative.
Violence was declining and the decrease may have been more pronounced among youth in CBVP areas.
Violence in Newark may have simply followed a pattern common to other large cities in New Jersey.