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How can violence be reduced?

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With partnerships of community members, law enforcement, and social service providers directly engaging with small and active number of people involved in groups and deliver the moral message from community, law enforcement message, and offer help

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GVI offers to reset relationships, recognize and expand upon common norms, interests, and goals.

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Built on schools of thought also known as focused deterrence and procedural justice.

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Are there such a thing as dangerous neighborhoods?

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No.

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Offenders and communities want what

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Want to be safe and have productive relationships with law enforcement

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ideas that offenders are vicious is

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Fundamentally wrong

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Group members account for how much of a city’s population and how much of the crime?

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Less than 0.5% of the population but accountable for 60 to 70 percent of the crime

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All gangs are groups, but not all groups are gangs.

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Worrying if a city has gangs or if a group is a gang is a waste of time

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May or may not have…

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Name, signs, tags, symbols, hierarchy,

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Law enforcement in GVI holds group members accountable

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True

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The aim of the call-in is to reduce violence by

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Creating accountability, creating internal social pressure, establishing clear community norms, offering help, providing a supported path

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GVI can reduce homicides

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30 to 60%

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What is the National Network’s GVI

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Together the partnership delivers a unified anti violence message explains that violence will bring law enforcement attention to the tire groups, offers services and alternatives to group members, and articulates community norms against violence.

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Why does gvi focus on groups

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Street groups are responsible for violence but also overrepresented as victims.

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Who are the three actors in GVI

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Law enforcement, community, social service providers

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What is the difference between gvi and comprehensive gang model

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CGM uses broad social intervention, opportunities provision, suppression, community mobilization and organizational change. GVI relies on a smaller, more easily assembled and narrowly focused partnership of law enforcement, community representatives, and social service providers to engage in a specific way with violent groups.

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What is a call-in?

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Use to deliver the strategy no-violence message to group members and through them, back to their associates.

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Ideally gvi will work by not employing large numbers of arrests and enforcement actions.

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True

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What is an enforcement action?

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Performing full conspiracy investigations, vigorously enforcing the conditions of group members probation or parole, serving warrants, performing drug buys and arrests. When law enforcement performs this for the first time, this is called an enforcement action.

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What is group mapping?

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Process of identifying all violent groups in a jurisdiction their areas of operation and their alliances and conflicts and estimating the number of members

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What is a social network analysis?

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A mathematical method that identifies the structures of street groups through connections contained within dept.

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What is the target offense?

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The offense that will trigger a law enforcement action

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What is the working group?

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A small stable membership of core representatives from LE, the community, and socail services chaired by the project manager who meet regularly.

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Law enforcement buy in is instrumental to the success of the program

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True

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What is the executive committee?

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Comprised of local leaders with. High level management experience

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The incident review and group audit are two key GVI research components that require law enforcement to analyze data in a non traditional way.
True
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Who are the law enforcement representatives?
Two senior officials from police, county sheriff, prosecutor, probation and parole, US attorneys office, FBI, DEA, ATF
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How do agencies assess your violence problem
By using a mix of quantitative and qualitative information. Quantitative information is information like victims offenders histories weapon types origins. Qualitative information comes from the Frontline workers to answer context or any other inside information
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The problem analysis consist of two parts what are the steps in part one?
Group audit, Internet review, executive summary and feedback to working group, identifying group members, and performance measures
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What are the two steps in part to
Criminal history review and social network analysis
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When using data to analyze the crime problem how many months or years worth of homicides in non-fatal shootings should be analyzed
Typically three years of homicides and about 18 months of non-fatal shootings
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Explaining the purpose of the group audit one must emphasize that a group can refer to what?
Any set, click, crew, gang, or anyone that runs together. It does not have to be a statutorily identified gang
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When conducting the incident review should officers only provide information that can be proven in court?
No, the incident review aims to collect what officers know about each incident not what they can prove legally
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When reporting the executive summary and feedback to the working group what four sections must you include
The analysis of violence in the city, summary of the identified street groups characteristics and relationships, descriptive statistics from the incident review, items for clarification
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What is a demonstration enforcement action
It shows violent groups that future violence will be met with Swift in certain consequences and then from now on a partnership of local state and federal authorities will pay special attention to entire group when a member commits a violent act. The demonstration enforcement actions illustrates the key enforcement message that lawn Forssman speakers were deliver to the Call in
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What are the steps of a demonstration enforcement action
Select a stand out group, identify all group members, design an inter-agency enforcement plan, conclude the investigation enforcement action 1 to 2 weeks prior to the first call in
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To be effective demonstration enforcement actions must make group members understand that the rules have changed and that lawn Forssman can carry out its promises after a group member engages in the prohibited behaviors
True
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What three ideas are linked to moral voices
Informal social control legitimacy and Police community reconciliation
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The ability of the criminal justice system to oppose punishment what scholars call formal social control is generally the least important influence on a persons decision to commit or not commit a crime. What is
What matters the most are the norms and values held and promoted by individuals, peer groups, families, and communities that regard crime in general or specific crimes as wrong. This includes internal conscious and shame and X ternal beliefs of peers loved ones families in the community
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If people are not sure that refraining from violence is the right thing to do if they do not understand that their own community just proves violence and 50 C law-enforcement as an illegitimate are they more or less likely to commit violent acts
They are more likely to commit violent acts
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How does GVI to enhance legitimacy
By sending messages that they are working with the community that they care about them and the community that they respect what they know and how vulnerable they are that they want them safe alive and out of jail and letting them know what will happen if they do continue to commit violence
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A display of enforcement action is done before the call in so that they can tell the group what they did what is done after the Colin
After the call and takes place in the group members see the police responding to violence at the request of the affected community in a way that they said they were doing the Call inthe police action will seem transparent and predictable in the community will see the police is trustworthy
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Police and community reconciliation is increasingly emerging as a key process in the creating the partnerships necessary to implement and sustain DVI successfully
True
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Norms are standards for behavior they establish rules to which people conform to fit into society
True
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To repair the Police community relationship both sides must openly acknowledge grievances and debunk misunderstandings
They have found that they have misunderstood each other in important ways, both have been contributing to harm that inherently neither desire, in crucial matters both want fundamentally the same thing
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Regardless of police norms or community norms what do both sides want
Safety and security, an end to intrusive and damaging law-enforcement, control of truly dangerous and disruptive group members
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What sets the group violence intervention apart from other law enfocement efforts
The Community Moral voice
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Can social service providers deliver the message of the community moral voice
No. GOV I draw a clear distinction between the message delivered by social service providers in a community moral voice
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Who are some people that can speak with Call in
Street outreach workers, workers in the prison entry field, grassroots leaders, faith leaders, community members engaged in existing local organizations, prominent local public figures.
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What are the three most common community groups that produce the most effective speakers
Parents who have lost children to violence, the formally incarcerated people, and grass roots leaders
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About what percentage of group members except help from social services
About 10 to 20% of crewmembers come forward to accept help
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Are community members more willing or less willing to deliver the needed moral messages against violence if they know the group members have a standing genuine offer of help
They are more willing
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What are some of the services that social providers can provide
Reentry style services, mental health treatment, case management, education, employment and training placement, crisis intervention, drug treatment, housing, mentoring, an emergency services
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How many lead providers should there be?
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What is a call in
Call in is a face-to-face meeting of lawn Forssman representatives, community figures, social service providers, and group involved individuals usually on probation or parole
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Which members from which groups should be included at a call in
The working group should keep the number of group members attending a call in to approximate 40 or less. Because DVI relies on group accountability members from each group in a jurisdiction must be present at the call in
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Where should I call-in take place
To enhance the call in effect on group members holding the call in at a nonthreatening place of civic importance may be better while many call Erins have been held in court rooms that setting might send an overly harsh message to group members. Instead, Hold the call in at a park building library or community center instead of a criminal justice site because it changes the tone of the meeting and Group members feel as though they are part of the community
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The call and site location should be secure and have a separate entrance for group members
True
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Does Law Enforcement search group members for weapons
Yes, lawn Forssman searches group members for weapons and this is best done away from speakers or other participants
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How many people from each group talks at the call in
Law-enforcement, social service providers, and the community will select a maximum of three individuals to deliver their message
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Law enforcement should steer away from what type of promises?
Promises such as we know everything you do, or we will send everybody in your group to federal prison. Because this is not correct and it does not do well for your legitimacy
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What are the key talking points for a social service provider
They are ready and willing and able to work with group members and their associates. They have various services available to help group members and their associates. They will give group members immediate priority attention. Group members and their associates can get help by calling a single phone number
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Should a social service provider promise jobs
No this is not a promise that can be delivered with certainty
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Social service provider should state that help is unconditional
True
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What are the key talking points for community moral voices
Parents of murdered children or other victims speak to the community pain. X offenders challenge the street code and speak to the possibility of redemption. Face or grassroots community leaders speak to Community aspirations
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What is one thing that lawn Forssman can do to make the call and even less threatening
Wear are plain clothes
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Where shoul letters of invitations be sent
It is best to hand-deliver the letters and to do that at their place of residence so in case they are not home a brief conversation we had with a spouse, mother, father, grandmother, or other positive impact
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Call in rehearsal points
Only go off of the script, only allow people who practice to speak at the call in, should take place one week before the call in. It allows for other speakers to hear the message of other speakers
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About how long should I call in last
Keeping it to one hour is a deal however it should not be longer than 90 minutes
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What is the order of speakers
The order of speakers does not matter but the most important point is it all three components of the partnership or represented
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What are visual aids used
A visual display of the group most recently targeted for an enforcement action. Possibly there a hierarchy of their group and their pictures arranged accordingly. Under each picture include the actual potential sentences or sanctions that they had faced in the message to get to these people could still be in their community if they did not commit violence
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Is there any question and answer during the call and speech
No no not even with the other partners must wait till after
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What are the key tasks following a call in from law enforcement
Monitor violence, detect group involved violence, and respond with special coordinated law enforcement attention to all crimes of the next group to cause violence
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Does motive matter when determining the next demonstration
Motive does not matter only group involvement matters
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Describe a quick enforcement action
Typically 30 to 60 days. Actions include violating group members under community supervision, vigorously enforcing the conditions of their probation and parole, serving outstanding warrants, performing street drug enforcement reviewing curtain cases, checking child support.
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Describe a medium term enforcement action
Typically 60 to 90 days. The working group engages in a focused state level drug or other undercover investigation
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Describe a major/long-term enforcement action.
Typically six months to two years. Includes federal investigations with substantial federal charges, career criminal enhancements and organize crime statutes also includes the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations investigations
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When does a group targeted enforcement action end
When as many members of the group as possible have experienced a meeting for sanction, arrest incarceration enhance community supervision and asset forfeiture
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How often should call ins be conducted
Within the first 1 to 2 years of implementation a good rule of thumb is to hold a traditional call and every 3 to 4 months. After a couple of years the jurisdiction can reassess the level of street violence and adjust the call and schedule
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How far out should a call and or custom notification be given for people who are exiting prison
No more than six months left in their sentence
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How often should cities update their group violence intelligence
Cities should update their intelligence at least twice a year if not quarterly

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