Cure Violence Rises to #12 on Global NGO List
Cure Violence is ranked 12th in NGO Advisor’s new 2017 report of the Top 500 NGOs …
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| Location | Statistical Findings | Reference and Data |
| Baltimore (USA)
2007-present |
– Up to 56% reduction in killings
– Up to 44% reduction in shootings – Evidence of norm change |
Webster et al. 2012
Police data and surveys |
| Baltimore (USA)
2007-present |
– 25% reduction in shootings across 5 sites (high of 43% reduction) | Webster 2016
Police data |
| Baltimore (USA)
2007-present |
– Improvement in 43% of the attitudes on violence assessed | Milam et al 2016
Survey |
| Chicago (USA)
2000-present |
– 41% to 73% reduction in killings
– 100% reduction in retaliations |
Skogan et al. 2009
Police data |
| Chicago (USA)
2000-present |
– 38% reduction in killings
– 15% reduction in shootings |
Henry et al. 2015
Police data |
| Chicago (USA)
2000-present |
– Treatment was half as likely to get reinjured as control | Salzmann et al. 2014
Hospital data |
| Chicago (USA)
2000-present |
– 48% reduction in shootings | U. of Chicago unpub.
Police data |
| New Orleans (USA)
2012-present |
– 47% reduction in shooting rate – target pop.
– 85% reduction in retaliations/argument motive – 44% reduction in shooting re-injury |
City of New Orleans 2016 Progress Report
Police and hospital data |
| New York City (USA)
2010-presnt |
– 20% lower rates of shooting
– >100 mediations involving >1,000 people |
Fritsche et al. 2013
Police data |
| New York City (USA)
2010-present |
– 18% reduction in killings v. 69% increase in control
– Reduction in norms accepting use of violence |
Butts et al. 2015
Police and hospital data |
| San Pedro Sula (Honduras)
2013-present |
– 73% reduction in shootings and killings
– 88% reduction in shootings and killing – 1 site – 17 months without any shootings |
Ransford et al. 2017
Site reported data |
| County of Kent (UK)
[Prison program] 2013 |
– 51% reduction in overall violence
– 95% reduction in group attacks – 44% reduction in adjudications (discipline) |
Ransford et al. in press
Prison data |
| Cape Town (South Africa)
2012-present |
– 23% lower homicides
– 33% lower attempted homicides – 14% lower serious assaults |
Ransford et al. in draft
Site reported data |
| Kansas City (USA)
2008-present |
– 17.9% reduction in firearm killings | Thompson et al 2013
Police data |
| Sadr City (Iraq)
2008-2013 |
– Almost 1000 interruptions and over 14,000 people reached through outreach | Site reported data |
| Halifax (Canada) | – No killings since implementation
– Downward trend in shootings and violent crimes |
Ungar et al 2016
Police data and interviews |
| Juarez (Mexico)
2014-present |
– 24.3% in killings first year, additional 13.1% in second year | Mesa de Seguridad y Justicia de Ciudad Juarez
Official data |
| Juarez (Mexico)
2014-present |
– Reduction in perceived number of disputes and conflicts among clients | Observatorio Ciudadano 2016
Surveys and observatory data |
| Loiza (Puerto Rico)
2013-2015 |
– 50% reduction in homicides | Site reported data |
| Philadelphia (USA) | – Significant reductions in shootings | Roman et al. unpub.
Police data |
| Port Au Prince (Trinidad) | – 67% in woundings and attempted murders
– 33% in calls for persons armed with firearms |
Maguire et al. unpub.
Police data |
