The Game Plan: Conflict Mapping and Strategic Planning
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Identify and Detect Violent Events and High Risk Individuals
a. Build relevant social networks to identify and detect:
i. High risk individuals
ii. Groups, mobs, cliques
iii. Youth
iv. Other key individuals
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Community at-large
b. Cultivate multiple channels for information
i. Streets and community
ii. Lead agency
iii. Hospitals and health departments
iv. Cure Violence site
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Media, including social media
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County jail or prison
Target Area Zoning and Inroad Mapping
a. Inroad plan for target area
i. How many zones in target area?
ii. How many high risk groups or individuals in each zone?
iii. Where are the “Hot Spots”?
iv. Which staff is assigned to cover each?
v. Plan to: Strengthen inroads, inroad gaps, new inmates, and address outside
influences
Conflict Mapping of the Target Area and Strategic Planning
a. What are the major reasons for conflicts (ex: debs, abuse, interpersonal, etc.)?
b. Types of conflict (ex: between groups, individuals, use of weapons, etc.)?
c. Who is involved
d. What are some potential mediation strategies?
i. Reaching agreement/settling conflicts
ii. De-escalating the situation
iii. Reasoning/providing non-violent alternative solutions
iv. Third party
v. Provide a saving face opportunity
vi. Validation
vii. Family or friends of parties involved
viii. Cure Violence staff from other sites
ix. Other Cure Violence participants
x. Focus on consequences
Talking Points for Mediation
a. Given the understanding of the nature of conflicts taking place in the target area,
what discussion points have been most effective? Why? What else is useful?
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Target Area Planning
a. To reduce the shootings and killings in the target area the staff must react to
conflicts as they occur.
b. Short-term goals: Immediate conflicts
i. Follow conflict mediation protocol
ii. Prevent further violence arising from immediate conflict and work to
change thinking
iii. Create buy-in to Cure Violence mediation process
iv. Show high-risk that Cure Violence mediation process can work and be in
their interest
c. Mid-term goals: Getting groups on the defense
i. Follow up with individuals/groups and invite to events
ii. Ask high risk individuals/groups to contact Cure Violence to mediate
before they react
iii. Agree to participate in Peace Summits
iv. Individuals become part of OW caseloads and work on risk-reduction
plans
d. Long-term goals: Respectful coexistence
i. Continued follow-up with high risk individuals/groups
ii. Ask high risk individuals/groups to contact Cure Violence to mediate
conflicts before they react
iii. Stopping violence on their own
iv. Respect developed between groups/individuals through attending peace
summits and events
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