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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The National Institute of
Justice recently funded Suffolk
University $286,000 to evaluate the effectiveness of a
gang-violence-reduction model in four Massachusetts cities. Sociology
Professor Enika Gebo
and Public Service Professor Brenda
J. Bond met with Fall River agency staff involved in local gang
suppression efforts at the Boys and
Girls Club on January 13, 2016 to begin the research process. The two
will compare crime statistics and stakeholder perceptions across programs
in Fall River, New Bedford, Lowell and Worcester over the next three years
as they implement a Comprehensive
Gang Model (CGM). Fall River and Lowell will engage in the
organizational model and the other two cities will serve as controls for
the study. All four cities have been using the CGM since 2006 using funds
from the Shannon
Community Safety Initiative and the Safe
and Successful Youth Initiative. The Suffolk team will also work with
Brandeis University researchers to implement a trial of relational
coordination in the experimental sites. Gebo and Bond have co-authored Looking
Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence
as well as articles and book chapters on the subject. Click here
for a 12-minute 
video of portions of
the meeting. For more information on the Fall River project, contact Fall
River Youth
Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey at 508-982-4297.
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(Top row, left) Michael Kane of the Crime and Justice Institute in Boston greets retired Durfee High School counselor Tom Khory as Youth Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey listens while seated. (Top row, right) Suffolk University faculty Brenda J. Bond, Stephanie Smith, and Enika Gebo prepare for the meeting with Fall River gang suppression staff at the Boys and Girls Club. (Row two) Sociology Professor Enika Gebo describes the project and Public Service Professor Brenda J. Bond goes into detail about how the research process will proceed. (Row three) Stephanie Smith and Old Colony Y Director of Clinical Services Tom Dunse listens as Mass. State Parole Officer Brian McGaffigan and Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Peter McCarthy introduce themselves. (Bottom row) Eric McHugh of the Fall River Youth Build Program, Youth Outreach Worker Joe DaCruz and Greater Fall River Re-Creation Youth Leadership Specialist Annemarie Holly write down their responses to questions posed by the researchers while Peter speaks with United Neighbors of Fall River Executive Director Wendy Garf-Lipp. |
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