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- Counted: An Oakland Story - Snap #909
A yearlong look at the people lost to Oakland’s violence. During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers, together with Oakland activists and parents, learned about Oakland’s homicide victims, their families and communities. Visit OaklandStory.org for more interviews, photos, and illustrations.
- Jared's 'smash & grab' could be part of theft ring
Jared's 'smash & grab' could be part of theft ring Tonya Maxwell, Citizen-Times, November 25, 2015
- Leonard Pitts Jr.: Where’s the indignation for what African Americans do to themselves?Leonard Pitts Jr.: Where’s the indignation for what African Americans do to themselves?
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Where’s the indignation for what African Americans do to themselves? The Fresno Bee, December 12, 2015
- RED LIGHT: Nights in District 1 a hotbed of crime
RED LIGHT: Nights in District 1 a hotbed of crime Katie Nix, Herald-Sun, November 25, 2015
- Urban Blight Remediation as a Cost-Beneficial Solution to Firearm Violence. American Journal of Public Health
Charles C. Branas, Michelle C. Kondo, Sean M. Murphy, Eugenia C. South, Daniel Polsky, and John M. MacDonald. : AJPH December 2016, Vol. 106, No. 12, pp. 2158-2164. Abstract excerpt: Methods. We performed quasi-experimental analyses of the impacts and economic returns on investment of urban blight remediation programs involving 5112 abandoned buildings and vacant lots on the occurrence of firearm and nonfirearm violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2013. We adjusted before–after percent changes and returns on investment in treated versus control groups for sociodemographic factors. Results. Abandoned building remediation significantly reduced firearm violence −39% (95% confidence interval [CI] = −28%, −50%; P < .05) as did vacant lot remediation (−4.6%; 95% CI = −4.2%, −5.0%; P < .001). Neither program significantly affected nonfirearm violence. Respectively, taxpayer and societal returns on investment for the prevention of firearm violence were $5 and $79 for every dollar spent on abandoned building remediation and $26 and $333 for every dollar spent on vacant lot remediation. Conclusions. Abandoned buildings and vacant lots are blighted structures seen daily by urban residents that may create physical opportunities for violence by sheltering illegal activity and illegal firearms. Urban blight remediation programs can be cost-beneficial strategies that significantly and sustainably reduce firearm violence.