At PopTech: Violence Interruption Leveraged by Mobile Phones
Editor's Note: This piece by Mark Benjamin originally appeared on PopTech and was …
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A Center for Disease Control funded evaluation conducted by Johns Hopkins University showed statistically significant results across all four communities, reductions in shootings and killings of 34% to 56%, and tevidence of norm change.
Implementation Highlights
- Implemented in 4 of the most violent communities in Baltimore
- 276 conflict mediations
- Most participants saw their outreach worker 3 or more times per week
Outcome Highlights
- Significant reductions in shootings or homicides in all four communities – between 34% and 56%
- Communities with triple the amount of mediations had better results
- Norms on violence were changed – People in program site were much less likely to accept the use of a gun to settle a dispute; 4 times more likely to show little or no support for gun use.
- Norm change occurred even with non-clients.
- Reductions spread to surrounding communities
