Gun Involved Violence Elimination Call-ins
Jessica R. Nhial, M.S.
Center for Public Safety Initiatives
INTRODUCTION
The city of Rochester has experienced an annual average of
46 homicides over the past 5 years, the second highest
shooting-victim rate in New York. Approximately 80% of
homicides are firearm-related. In response, the Gun
Involved Violence Elimination Initiative (GIVE) was
designed to prevent and combat such occurrences.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In Rochester, GIVE is a partnership between RIT, Rochester
Police Department, Monroe County Probation, Monroe
County District Attorney’s Office, Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office. Other involved agencies include the US Attorney
Office, FBI, DEA, ATF, FBI, NYS Police, NYS Parole, and
Strong Trauma Center.
GIVE Call-ins involve a combination of Local, State, and Federal law enforcement personnel. For those who are involved in a
hostile situation that has resulted in violence or has the potential to lead to violence, the GIVE Partners work collaboratively to:
– Identify participants
– Inform participants of possible legal sanctions
– Warn against violence and victimization
– Follow through with sanctions when necessary
WHO are the GIVE Call-in Participants?
Gang affiliated individuals who may have a gun-involved criminal past and are under a form of community supervision.
Demographics: generally males, African decent, between the ages of 17-25, who reside in the city of Rochester
GIVE Offender Focused Deterrence Call-in Summary
• 39 Focused Deterrence Call-in participants
• 5, or 13%, were re-arrested for a new gun-involved or violent felony offense (VFO)
WHAT are Call-Ins?
Focused Deterrence Call-In Attendance
Call-ins are based on the work of criminologist David
Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire in Boston during the 1990’s,
which was aimed at confronting gang-related homicides.
Meetings include:
- Ex-offenders
- Service providers
Number of Participants
Call-ins are meetings where the GIVE Partners convey a zero
tolerance message to carefully-selected participants.
Identified
- Community representatives
- Outreach workers
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Attended
12
Number of Focused Deterrence Call-In
Particpant Re-Arrests
17
11
10
9
8
4
Oct. 2014
Dec. 2014
There are two styles of Call-ins administered in Monroe
County:
- Focused Deterrence Call-Ins
- Procedural Justice Call-Ins
Feb. 2015
Gun or VFO
16
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Total Number of Arrests
GIVE Call-ins are one problem oriented policing strategy to
deter offenders from committing violent crimes.
Apr. 2015
Non-violent
Additional facts about GIVE Call-ins
5
3
0
Dec. 2014
Oct. 2014
0
Feb. 2015
0
Apr. 2015
GIVE Offender Procedural Justice Call-in Summary
Goal
Courtroom
Violence deterrence &
avoidance of
victimization
Place of civic importance
Violence deterrence,
avoidance of
victimization, & system
legitimacy
Identified
12
10
8
10
www.PosterPresentations.com
Attended
Gun or VFO
10
7
8
9
9
6
4
2
Jan. 2015
Mar. 2015
Non-violent
Kennedy, D. M. (2011). Don’t shoot: One mam, a street
fellowship, and the end of violence in inner-city America. New
York: Bloomsbury USA.
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4
3
2
1
1
CONTACT
3
0
Nov. 2014
0
Nov. 2014
RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2012
Ashcroft, J. (2001). Reducing gun violence: The Boston gun
project’s operation ceasefire. U.S. Department of Justice Office
of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice.
Number of Procedural Justice Call-In Participant
Re-Arrests
Total Number of Arrests
Location
Newly assigned parolees
& probationers with
history of gun crime(s)
Number of Participants
Participants
References
PROCEDURAL JUSTICE
Procedural Justice Call-In Attendance
Member of gang
involved with gun
violence.
- A violation may be filed against individuals who fail to attend.
- Make-up sessions are held for individuals who qualify.
- Participants may be transported from the local jail to attend the
Call-Ins
- Participants are encouraged to involve their loved ones.
All methodology and data is specific to Monroe County.
• 24 Procedural Justice Call-in participants,
• 1 was re-arrested for a new gun-involved or Violent Felony Offense (VFO)
• 96% of all Procedural Justice Call-in participants have not been re-arrested for a new gun-involved crime of VFO.
FOCUSED DETERRENCE
• GIVE Call-in partners have served a total of 63 Call-in
Participants between October 2014 and April 2015.
• Six, or 10% of participants, have been re-arrested for new guninvolved crimes or VFOs since their involvement with GIVE.
• The non-re-arrest rate for a new gun-involved crime of VFO for
all attendees is 90%.
0
Jan. 2015
0
Mar. 2015
Center for Public Safety Initiatives
Building 1, Room 2383
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts
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