Here is a selection of some of the projects that we are currently working on.

Project: Gang Prevention and Intervention Dynamics in Los Angeles

 

Sponsor: Los Angeles City, CA
Year: 2008 – 2020
Related Articles & Reports
Title: GRYD Gang Intervention Family Case Management 2017 Evaluation Report [pdf]

 

The USC Center for Research on Crime is proud to support the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction & Youth Development (GRYD Office) in its efforts to reduce gang-related violence and to strengthen individuals, families and entire communities … Read more →

Project: Crossroads – Increasing Resiliance, Confidence, and Coping Skills Among Youth In Lynwood CA

 

Sponsor: Southern California Crossroads
Year: 2018 – 2020

 

Southern California Crossroads has partnered with the USC Center for Reserach on Crime to create an assesment for a minority youth violence prevention program and evaluate its improvement. Read more →

Project: East Caribbean – Violence Prevention

 

Sponsor: Creative Associates / USAID
Year: 2016 – 2020

 

Creative Associates International and USAID has partnered with the USC Center for Research on Crime to support secondary and tertiary violence prevention in the Caribbean Region. The Center for Research on Crime was asked to assist the Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CYFR) multi-year program to reduce violence Read more →

Past Projects

Here is a selection of some of our completed projects.

Project: Developing Support for Secondary & Tertiary Violence Prevention in Tunisia

 

Sponsor: Creative Associates / US State Department
Date: 2016 – 2018
Related Articles & Reports
Title: In Tunisia, public health approach offers hope to stem violent extremism [pdf]
Title: A data-driven approach to preventing violent extremism in Tunisia [pdf]
Title: A New Project in Nigeria Tests Violent Extremism Risk Assessment System (based on Tunisia project) [pdf]

Project: “Propante Mas” – Supporting Secondary and Tertiary Prevention in Four Communities in Honduras

 

Sponsor: Creative Associates / US State Department
Date: 2016 – 2018
Related Articles & Reports
Title: There’s a better way to secure the border [pdf]

Project: Initiation of the El Salvador Crime and Violence Prevention Project

 

Sponsor: Creative Associates International / USAID
Date: 2016 – 2016
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Crime and Violence Prevention Project  [pdf]
Title: Alianzas Municipales para la Prevención de la Violencia en América Central (AMUPREV)  [pdf]

Project: Development and Implementation of a Youth Services Assessment to Inform Secondary Gang Prevention Recruitment and Outcomes in Jamaica

 

Sponsor: Citizen Security and Justice Programme III / Ministry of National Security in Kingston, Jamaica
Date: 2015 – 2015

 

The Ministry of National Security of Jamaica requested that the Center assist Jamaican officials, directors and counselors of the programs that work with young persons (ages 10 to 16) in an effort to reduce their future participation in violent groups. Read more →

Project: Moving Forward on Gang Prevention: Knowledge and Application

 

Sponsor: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Date: 2008 – 2014
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Targeting youth at risk for gang involvement: Validatoin of a gang risk assessment to support indvidualized secondary prevention [pdf]

Project: Califoria Juvenile Justice Survey

 

Sponsor: State Commission on Juvenile Justice
Date: Jan 2009
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan: Blueprint for an Outcome Oriented Juvenile Justice System  [pdf]
Title: Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan: Blueprint for an Outcome Oriented Juvenile Justice System: Appendices  [pdf]

Project: California Juvenile Justice Data Project – Phase II

 

Sponsor: JEHT Foundation
Date: Feb 2008
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Longitudinal Outcome Indicators for Juvenile Justice Systems in California: Findings and Recommendations  [pdf]
Title: JDDP Phase II Report: Appendix  [pdf]

Project: Sustained Impact of a Community-Based Intensive Supervision Probation Program

 

Sponsor: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Date: 2007 – 2010
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Five Year Outcomes in a Randomized Trial of a Community-Based Multi-Agency Intensive Supervision Juvenile Probation Program [pdf]

Project: California Juvenile Justice Data Project – Phase I

 

Sponsor: JEHT Foundation, Walter S. Johnson Foundation, Evrlyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Date: Apr 2007
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Summary Report Phase I: Survey of Interventions and Programs  [pdf]
Title: Juvenile Justice Data Project Phase I: Survey of Interventions and Programs: A Continuum of Graduated Responses for Juvenile Justice in California  [pdf]

Project: Group and Collective Identitites as Mediators: Effects of Civil Gang Injunctions as an Intervention Strategy

 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Date: 2006 – 2010
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Improving Civil Gang Injunctions [pdf]

Project: “YFAM” – Evaluation of The Youth Family Accountability Model Program

 

Sponsor: California Board of Corrections / Los Angeles County Probation Department
Date: 1999 – 2002
Related Articles & Reports
Title: Self-Reported Outcomes in a randomized trial of community-based Intensive Supervision for Juveniles on Probation [pdf]