Cure Violence utilizes a public health approach. It considers gun violence to be analogous to a communicable disease that passes from person to person when left untreated. According to the logic of Cure Violence, gun violence is most effectively reduced by changing the behavior of individuals at risk to participate in gun violence and “denormalizing” violence by working to change the community norms that support and perpetuate gun violence.
Category: Cure Violence
Assessing Gun Violence Reduction Strategies in New York City
In 2012, 2013, and 2014, the Research and Evaluation Center received funding from the New York City Council to assess
Assessment of New York City Gun Violence Reduction Strategy: Year 1 Report
Delgado, Sheyla, Laura Negredo, Popy Begum, Michelle Cubellis, Alana Henninger, Douglas Evans, Kathy Tomberg, and Jeffrey Butts (2013). NYC Assessment 2013.
Planning an Evaluation of “Cure Violence”
With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College and the