Cure Violence

The magnitude of the gun violence problem.

Many urban neighborhoods are plagued by a persistent cycle of shootings and homicides. Exposure to violence, and its norms, can lead to further community violence.

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Violence is like a disease and can be treated like one.

Violent behavior follows the model of contagious and infectious diseases, and the same approach to prevention guides strategies for reducing violence, with more predictable results.

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We identify conflict and interrupt violence before it happens.

Cure Violence ‘Interrupters’ stop the transmission of violence when the dynamics are in motion for a crime to occur.

Ameena Matthews
Former Gang Leader, Current Cure Violence Interrupter

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Interrupt violence. At the source.

Studies from the U.S. Department of Justice and Johns Hopkins University showed that the Cure Violence model helped reduce shootings and killings in several of the most violent neighborhoods of Chicago and Baltimore.

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