Hot Spots of Gun Violence in the Era of Focused Deterrence: A Space-Time Analysis of Shootings in South Philadelphia

Gun and street group violence remains a serious problem in cities across the United States and the focused deterrence strategy has been a widely applied law enforcement intervention to reduce it. Although two meta-analytical studies concluded that the intervention had a significant effect on violenc...

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Main Authors: Jamie Anne Boschan, Caterina G. Roman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/2/119