Violence Reduction Councils: A Community Approach to Saving Lives
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a new toolkit to guide community efforts for violence prevention. The toolkit, developed by experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and supported by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, provides a framework for cities to establish violence reduction councils—an interdisciplinary, data-driven public health approach aimed at proactively preventing a cross-section of violence rather than responding to it.
Violence reduction councils bring together a diverse set of stakeholders, including representatives from criminal justice, public health, social service agencies, and community-based organizations involved in violence prevention. These groups meet regularly to exchange information regarding homicides, assaults, and other violent crime case information, and develop preventative solutions unique to the community. The concept stems from long-standing public health and criminal justice research and practice.
The toolkit, “Violence Reduction Councils: A Community Approach to Saving Lives,” provides a step-by-step guide on how communities can structure councils, leverage data, and develop information-sharing practices. The recommendations for participating public and private agencies aim to build trust and accountability while developing solutions to violence across sectors.
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